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S.533 - 119th Congress

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This bill would change federal labor law so that workers cannot be required to join a union or pay union fees as a condition of having a job. It would remove the parts of current law that allow certain union-security agreements, which are agreements that can require workers to pay dues or fees to a union even if they do not want to be members. The bill would apply these changes to private-sector labor law and to railroad and airline labor law. In simple terms, it would make it a national rule that workers must be free to decide for themselves whether to support a union or stay out of one.

  • It changes the National Labor Relations Act by deleting language that now allows agreements requiring union membership or fee payment in some cases.
  • It also makes matching changes to the Railway Labor Act, which covers railroad and airline workers.
  • The bill says the new rules would apply only to labor agreements signed or renewed after the bill becomes law.
  • It also makes a few technical changes to other laws so they match the new wording.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 533 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 533

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 2025

  Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Britt, Mr. 
 Tillis, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Lankford, 
Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
 Ricketts, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Budd, and Mr. Lee) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
               on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 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) Rights of Employees.--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) Unfair Labor Practices.--Section 8 of the National Labor 
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``: Provided, That'' 
        and all that follows through ``retaining membership'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or to 
                discriminate'' and all that follows through ``retaining 
                membership''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ``covered by an 
                agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3)''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by striking clause (2) and redesignating 
                clauses (3) and (4) as clauses (2) and (3), 
                respectively; and
                    (B) by striking ``Provided, That nothing in this 
                subsection shall set aside the final proviso to section 
                8(a)(3) of this Act: Provided further,'' and inserting 
                ``Provided,''.
    (c) Additional Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) National labor relations act.--The National Labor 
        Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) in section 9 (29 U.S.C. 159), by striking 
                subsection (e);
                    (B) in section 3(b) (29 U.S.C. 153(b)), by striking 
                ``or (e)''; and
                    (C) in section 8(f) (29 U.S.C. 158(f)), as amended 
                by subsection (b)(3), by striking ``or 9(e)''.
            (2) Other laws.--Section 453A(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653a(a)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by 
        striking ``section 8(f)(3)'' and inserting ``section 8(f)(2)''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT.

    Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended--
            (1) by striking the Eleventh paragraph under the heading 
        for general duties; and
            (2) by redesignating the Twelfth paragraph under the 
        heading for general duties as the Eleventh paragraph.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply to any 
agreement entered into or renewed after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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