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119-hr-2241119th CongressWALLET

Secret Ballot Protection Act

Sponsored By: Representative Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]

Introduced

Summary

Requires secret-ballot elections for any new union recognition or bargaining under the National Labor Relations Act. It makes the National Labor Relations Board the official body to run and enforce those elections and limits the rule to representation arrangements formed after the law takes effect.

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  • Workers: Employees in units would be represented only if a majority votes in a secret-ballot election run by the Board. This changes how workplace support is certified for post-enactment organizing.
  • Employers: An employer would be barred from recognizing or bargaining with a union unless the Board has conducted a secret-ballot election showing majority support. That applies only to recognition or bargaining that begins after enactment.
  • Labor organizations: Unions would need Board-run secret-ballot certification or reconfirmation to become or remain a unit’s representative for relationships formed after enactment.
  • National Labor Relations Board: The Board is tasked with conducting and enforcing these elections and must review and revise its pre-existing regulations within 6 months after enactment.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Secret-ballot votes to choose workplace unions

This bill would require unions to be chosen by a secret-ballot vote run by the National Labor Relations Board. Employers would only be able to recognize or bargain with a union that won a majority in that Board-run vote. The Board would also run secret-ballot votes to remove a union. These rules would apply only to recognition or bargaining after enactment. Existing union relationships would not change. The Board would have 6 months after enactment to update its regulations to carry this out.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]

GA • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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