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National Right-to-Work Act

To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.

Introduced Feb 12, 2025

Latest action (Feb 12, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Policy area
Issues
Labor & Wages

Summary

  • Amends the National Labor Relations Act to prohibit requiring employees to join labor unions or pay union dues as a condition of employment.
  • Removes provisions that allowed unions to require employees to maintain union membership.
  • Removes provisions that allowed unions to discriminate against employees based on union membership status.
  • Removes union security agreement provisions from construction industry labor rules.
  • Amends the Railway Labor Act to remove similar union membership and dues requirements for railroad and airline workers.

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Sponsor (1)

124 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Joe Wilson’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • DANIEL DEFENSE LLC $6,600
  • GOLDMAN SACHS $6,600
  • BURR FORMAN $6,600
  • STERN DEVELOPMWENT $6,600
  • SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Joe Wilson → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)

  1. Feb 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  2. Feb 12, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)

  • Introduced in House · Feb 12, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 12, 2025

Mr. Wilson of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Cline, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Perry, Mr. Issa, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Weber of Texas, Ms. Hageman, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Hern of Oklahoma, Mr. Guest, Mr. Babin, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Alford, Mr. DesJarlais, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Self, Mr. Strong, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins, Mr. Ellzey, Ms. Mace, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Barr, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Steube, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Mann, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Baird, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Edwards, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Haridopolos, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Onder, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Timmons, Mr. McDowell, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Owens, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Sessions, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Hill of Arkansas, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Allen, Mr. Yakym, and Mr. Burlison) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “National Right-to-Work Act”.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.

(a) 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)”.

(b) Section 8(a)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(a)(3)) is amended by striking “: Provided, That” and all that follows through “retaining membership”.

(c) Section 8(b) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(b)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking “or to discriminate” and all that follows through “retaining membership”; and

(2) in paragraph (5), by striking “covered by an agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3)”.

(d) Section 8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(f)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT.

Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended by striking paragraph Eleventh. <all>

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