S. 2173Senate112th Congress (2011-2013)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. 333.

March 8, 2012

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Introduced in Senate

March 7, 2012

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

March 7, 2012

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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 333.

March 8, 2012

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Sen. Harry ReidD-NV · Mar 7, 2012

Mr. President, I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. I ask for a second reading in order to place the bill on the calendar under rule XIV but object to my own…

Sen. Harry ReidD-NV · Mar 8, 2012

Mr. President, I believe S. 2173 is at the desk and due for a second reading. Mr. President, I object to any further proceedings with respect to this bill.

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Placed on Calendar SenateIssued March 8, 2012

Calendar No. 333

112th CONGRESS

2D Session

S. 2173

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 7, 2012

Mr. DeMint (for himself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Paul, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Risch) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

March 8, 2012

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.

March 8, 2012

Read the second time and placed on the calendar