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S 2173 112th Congress Senate

National Right-to-Work Act

Official title: 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.

Introduced: April 26, 2012 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Labor-management relationsRailroadsTransportation employees
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 8, 2012
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 333.
Mar 7, 2012
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Mar 7, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 8, 2012

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Right-to-Work Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment).

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Republican 10
R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Aug 1, 2012
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 17, 2012
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Apr 26, 2012
Burr, Richard
· Apr 26, 2012
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Apr 26, 2012
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Apr 26, 2012
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 26, 2012
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Apr 26, 2012
 R
Lee, Mike
Utah · Mar 7, 2012
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Mar 7, 2012
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Risch, James E.
Idaho · Mar 7, 2012
Toomey, Patrick
· Mar 7, 2012
Vitter, David
· Mar 7, 2012
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2173: National Right-to-Work Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2173/
MLA
"S. 2173: National Right-to-Work Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2173/.
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S. 2173, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2173/.
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