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HR 2387 115th Congress House Labor and Employment Corporate finance and management Department of Labor Employee benefits and pensions Executive agency funding and structure Labor-management relations

Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act

Introduced: May 4, 2017 See on congress.gov
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May 4, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 4, 2017
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Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act

This bill requires the Department of Labor to: (1) establish within the Employment and Training Administration an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative to promote employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking; and (2) establish a program that may include grants for outreach, technical assistance, and training, to encourage new and existing state programs to foster employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking.

What's happening now May 4, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1081 Related bill WORK Act
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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 8, 2017
Delaney, John
· May 4, 2017
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 4, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2387: Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2387/
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"H.R. 2387: Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2387/.
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H.R. 2387, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2387/.
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