S 1645
101th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Campaign funds
Collective bargaining
Employee rights
Labor union finances
Labor union membership
Labor union political activities
Labor unions
Political action committees
Workers' Political Rights Act of 1989
Introduced: September 20, 1989
Introduced by:
McConnell, Mitch
Republican
· Kentucky
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 20, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules.
Sep 20, 1989
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Workers' Political Rights Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit a labor organization to make political communications and establish and solicit contributions for a separate segregated political fund if it provides the employees it represents with written notification of specified information.
Requires a labor organization which does not provide employees with such notification to finance those political activities which are not considered contributions or expenditures with funds collected for its separate, segregated political fund.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules.
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