Bill Details
S.533 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced Date
2025-02-12
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Committees
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- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-Alabama]
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-Mississippi]
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-Alabama]
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-North Carolina]
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-Texas]
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-Iowa]
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-Wyoming]
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-South Dakota]
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-Oklahoma]
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-South Carolina]
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-Mississippi]
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-Florida]
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-Nebraska]
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-Wyoming]
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-Idaho]
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-North Carolina]
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-Utah]
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-Idaho]
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-Louisiana]
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-Texas]
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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.
_______________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________
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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