National Right-to-Work Act
Sponsored By: Senator Rand Paul
Introduced
Summary
Protects workers' freedom to join or not join a union. This bill would curb legal arrangements that make union membership or payments a condition of employment and would limit union-security mechanisms in federal labor law.
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- Workers: Would strengthen the right of employees to refrain from joining or financially supporting a union and ban employment conditions tied to membership.
- Unions and employers: Would remove or narrow key legal tools that support union-security agreements, including a proviso in the National Labor Relations Act that has allowed certain membership conditions.
- Contracts and statutory links: Would apply only to collective agreements entered into or renewed after enactment and would update cross-references in other laws, such as the Social Security Act and the Railway Labor Act, to reflect the new rules.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
End mandatory union membership clauses
If enacted, the bill would ban union-security rules in collective bargaining agreements made or renewed after enactment. If you are covered by a new or renewed contract, you would not have to join a union or pay mandatory dues. The bill removes statutory exceptions that previously allowed some membership or dues requirements and updates related cross-references in federal law. This could lower costs for nonmembers but could also weaken unions and reduce certain employer duties.
Remove a railway duty paragraph
If enacted, the bill would strike the Eleventh general-duty paragraph in the Railway Labor Act and renumber the following paragraph. The change would apply to agreements entered into or renewed after enactment. Rail carriers and rail workers could see changed legal duties, but this is a sector-specific technical change and does not set new payments or benefits.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rand Paul
KY • R
Cosponsors
Tommy Tuberville
AL • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Roger Wicker
MS • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Katie Britt
AL • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Thomas Tillis
NC • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Ted Cruz
TX • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Chuck Grassley
IA • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Cynthia Lummis
WY • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Mike Rounds
SD • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
James Lankford
OK • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Tim Scott
SC • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Rick Scott
FL • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Pete Ricketts
NE • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
John Barrasso
WY • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Mike Crapo
ID • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Ted Budd
NC • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Mike Lee
UT • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
James Risch
ID • R
Sponsored 2/20/2025
Bill Cassidy
LA • R
Sponsored 2/20/2025
John Cornyn
TX • R
Sponsored 2/26/2025
John Boozman
AR • R
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Joni Ernst
IA • R
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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