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Nationwide Right To Unionize Act
To repeal the authority under the National Labor Relations Act for States to enact laws prohibiting agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill repeals the provision of the National Labor Relations Act that currently allows states to enact right-to-work laws. Right-to-work laws permit workers to refrain from joining a labor organization or paying union fees even if their workplace is unionized. By repealing this provision, the bill would prevent states from enacting such laws and would allow labor agreements requiring union membership or fee payment as a condition of employment nationwide. This would eliminate the legal authority that currently permits states to prohibit mandatory union membership or fees.
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Sponsor (1)
15 cosponsors
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI)
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA)
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR)
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR)
Actions (2)
- Sep 4, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Sep 4, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 4, 2025
Ms. Warren (for herself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Booker, Mr. Fetterman, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Markey, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To repeal the authority under the National Labor Relations Act for States to enact laws prohibiting agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment, 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 “Nationwide Right To Unionize Act”.
SEC. 2. PREEMPTING STATE RIGHT-TO-WORK LAWS.
Subsection (b) of section 14 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 164) is repealed. <all>
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