HR 2223 102th Congress House Labor and Employment Collective bargaining agreements Collective bargaining unit Entertainers Music Performing arts Unfair labor practices Union security

Live Performing Arts Labor Relations Amendments

Introduced: May 2, 1991 See on congress.gov

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Jun 17, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.

May 2, 1991

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

May 2, 1991

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Live Performing Arts Labor Relations Amendments - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to exclude specified types of employers and performers in the live performing arts from coverage under unfair labor practice provisions: (1) prohibiting specified contracts or agreements between employers and labor organizations; and (2) prohibiting specified actions of labor organizations to force or require cessation of dealings with others, joining of labor or employer organizations, or recognition of or negotiation with labor organizations not certified as representative.

Permits such employers to: (1) agree with a labor organization to make membership in it a condition of performing arts employment; and (2) make agreements with a labor organization covering performing artists even if its majority status has not yet been established.

Defines "employer" to include purchasers of live musical performance services. Defines "employee" to include independent contractors engaged to perform live musical services.

What's happening now June 17, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.

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