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Protection on the Picket Line Act
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to protect employees from harassment and abuse, and for other purposes.
Summary
- The bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow employers to discipline employees for harassment or abuse occurring during protected labor activity without it being considered an unfair labor practice.
- An employer's disciplinary action will not be an unfair labor practice unless the General Counsel shows the employee was engaged in protected activity, the employer knew about it, and the employer had anti-union animus motivating the discipline.
- The employer bears the burden of proving they would have taken the same disciplinary action even if the employee had not been engaged in protected labor activity.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
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![Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/T000278.thumb.jpg)
Sen. Tuberville, Tommy (R-AL)
1 cosponsor
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![Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/C001075.thumb.jpg)
Sen. Cassidy, Bill (R-LA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Tommy Tuberville’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- Employer not reported $68,223
- BEASLEY ALLEN $19,800
- RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES $13,782
- BEASLEY ALLEN LAW FIRM $13,200
- LEWIS M. CARTER MANUFACTURING COMPANY $12,100
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Tommy Tuberville → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Nov 6, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Nov 6, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 6, 2025
Mr. Tuberville (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to protect employees from harassment and abuse, 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 “Protection on the Picket Line Act”.
SEC. 2. PROTECTING EMPLOYEES FROM HARASSMENT AND ABUSE.
Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h) In any case in which an employer takes disciplinary action against an employee for harassment or abuse that occurs in the course of activity protected under section 7, it shall not be an unfair labor practice under this section for the employer to take such disciplinary action unless—
“(1) the General Counsel makes an initial showing that—
“(A) the employee engaged in activity protected under section 7;
“(B) the employer knew of that activity; and
“(C) the employer had animus against that activity, as proven with evidence sufficient to establish a causal relationship between the disciplinary action and the activity protected under section 7; and
“(2) the employer has not met the burden of persuasion to prove that the employer would have taken the same disciplinary action in the absence of the activity protected under section 7.”. <all>
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