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Union Members Right to Know Act
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require unions to make certain disclosures to its members, and for other purposes.
Summary
HR 6139, the Union Members Right to Know Act, requires labor unions to provide members with certain documents and information about their rights. Unions must distribute copies of collective bargaining agreements to affected employees (or post them online), provide copies of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act and union bylaws to all members, and maintain a link on their website to information about member rights. New members must receive this information within 30 days of joining, and existing members must receive it within one year of the law's enactment and annually thereafter. Unions must certify their compliance with these requirements to the Secretary of Labor every year. The Secretary of Labor must issue regulations to implement these requirements within 180 days.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] (R-NC)
Actions (2)
- Nov 19, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Nov 19, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 19, 2025
Ms. Foxx introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require unions to make certain disclosures to its members, and for other purposes.
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 “Union Members Right to Know Act”.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959.
(a) Collective Bargaining Agreement and Constitution and Bylaws Requirement.—Section 104 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 414) is amended—
(1) by striking “It shall be” and inserting the following:
“(a) In General.—It shall be”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(b) Certain Copies Required To Be Provided to Members.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Union Members Right to Know Act, and annually thereafter, the secretary or corresponding principal officer of each labor organization that has made a collective bargaining agreement with any employer shall, with respect to any such collective bargaining agreement in effect—
“(1) provide to each employee whose rights as such employee are directly affected by such collective bargaining agreement, a copy of such collective bargaining agreement; or
“(2) post and maintain all such collective bargaining agreements on the website of the labor organization.”.
(b) Required Disclosures.—Section 105 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 415) is amended—
(1) by striking “Every” and inserting the following:
“(a) In General.—Every”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(b) Required Disclosures.—
“(1) In general.—Every labor organization shall provide to members of the labor organization, in accordance with paragraph (2), the following:
“(A) A copy of this Act, and a summary of each title of this Act.
“(B) The constitution and bylaws of the labor organization.
“(2) Disclosure requirements.—Every labor organization shall provide the information under paragraph (1) by—
“(A) mail or electronic mail—
“(i) to any member who joins the labor organization on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of the Union Members Right to Know Act, not later than 30 days after the member joins the labor organization; and
“(ii) to each member of the labor organization, not later than 1 year after such date of enactment, and on an annual basis thereafter; and
“(B) if the labor organization has a website, maintaining on the home-page of the website of the labor organization a hyperlink, titled ‘Union Member Rights and Officer Responsibilities Under the LMRDA’, to the information described under paragraph (1).
“(3) Compliance.—
“(A) Initial compliance.—Not later than 180 days after such date of enactment, every labor organization that is required to comply with paragraph (2)(B) shall submit to the Secretary a form signed by its president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers certifying that the labor organization has complied with the requirements of such paragraph.
“(B) Ongoing compliance.—Not later than 18 months after such date of enactment, and on an annual basis thereafter, each labor organization shall submit to the Secretary a form signed by its president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers certifying that the labor organization has complied with the requirements of paragraph (2).”.
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall issue such regulations as are necessary to implement the amendments made by this Act. <all>
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