S. 1301Senate110th Congress (2007-2009)Introduced

National Right-to-Work Act

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.

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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 132.

May 4, 2007

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Introduced in Senate

May 3, 2007

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Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

May 3, 2007

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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 132.

May 4, 2007

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Sen. Harry ReidD-NV · May 3, 2007

Mr. President, I understand there are two bills at the desk. I ask for their first reading, en bloc. I now ask for a second reading and in order to place the bills on the calendar under the…

Sen. Harry ReidD-NV · May 4, 2007

It is my understanding there are two bills at the desk due for a second reading. I object to any further proceedings with respect to these bills en bloc.

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Placed on Calendar SenateIssued May 4, 2007

Calendar No. 132

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1301

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 3, 2007

Mr. DeMint introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

May 4, 2007

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Right-to-Work Act.

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) of this section; and

(3)

in subsection (f), by striking clause (2) and redesignating clauses (3) and (4) as clauses (2) and (3), respectively.

Amendment to the Railway Labor Act

Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended by striking paragraph Eleven.

May 4, 2007

Read the second time and placed on the calendar