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HR.1232 - 119th Congress

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National Right-to-Work Act

National Right-to-Work Act
Status
  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To President
  5. Law
Latest action
2025-02-12 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced Date
2025-02-12
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Committees
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Votes
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This bill would change federal labor law so workers could not be required to join a union, pay union dues, or otherwise support a union as a condition of getting or keeping a job. It would remove parts of current law that allow union-security agreements, which are agreements that can require some workers to join or financially support a union. The bill would also change rules for construction jobs and for railroad and airline workers, making the same basic “right to work” rule apply more broadly.

  • It rewrites parts of the main federal labor law covering private-sector workers to remove language that now allows mandatory union membership or dues under certain agreements.
  • It changes rules for construction work, where current law allows some special union agreements before workers are hired.
  • It also changes the Railway Labor Act, which covers railroad and airline workers, by removing the section that allows union-shop agreements in those industries.
  • In plain terms, the bill is meant to protect a worker’s choice to join a union or stay out of one without losing a job because of that decision.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1232 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1232

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


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                    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.
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