1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “National Right-to-Work Act”.
National Right-to-Work Act
A BILL
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
2. Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act
Rights of employees— Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking “except to” and all that follows through “authorized in section 8(a)(3)”.
in subsection (a)(3), by striking “: Provided, That” and all that follows through “retaining membership”;
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (2), by striking “or to discriminate” and all that follows through “retaining membership”; and
in paragraph (5), by striking “covered by an agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3)”; and
in subsection (f)—
by striking clause (2) and redesignating clauses (3) and (4) as clauses (2) and (3), respectively; and
by striking “Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall set aside the final proviso to section 8(a)(3) of this Act: Provided further,” and inserting “Provided,”.
Additional conforming amendments—
in section 9 (29 U.S.C. 159), by striking subsection (e);
in section 3(b) (29 U.S.C. 153(b)), by striking “or (e)”; and
in section 8(f) (29 U.S.C. 158(f)), as amended by subsection (b)(3), by striking “or 9(e)”.
Other laws— Section 453A(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653a(a)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking “section 8(f)(3)” and inserting “section 8(f)(2)”.
3. Amendment to the Railway Labor Act
Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended—
by striking the Eleventh paragraph under the heading for general duties; and
by redesignating the Twelfth paragraph under the heading for general duties as the Eleventh paragraph.
4. Effective date
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply to any agreement entered into or renewed after the date of enactment of this Act.