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H.R. 6544 115th Congress House

The Employee Rights Act of 2018

Official title: To provide protections for workers with respect to their right to select or refrain from selecting representation by a labor organization and their right to re… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide protections for workers with respect to their right to select or refrain from selecting representation by a labor organization and their right to refrain from paying dues or fees to a labor organization for nonrepresentational activity, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 26, 2018 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Administrative remediesEmployment discrimination and employee rightsLabor-management relationsNational Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
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Jul 26, 2018
Introduced in House
Jul 26, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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 Latest action July 26, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

The Employee Rights Act of 2018

This bill requires the selection of labor representatives for collective bargaining through secret ballot in an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. It also provides for recertification of a bargaining unit if an employer asserts that turnover, expansion, or alteration by merger exceeds 50% of the unit.

The bill also prohibits dues paid by an employee to a labor organization from being expended for any purpose not directly related to the organization's collective bargaining or contract administration functions unless the employee authorizes such expenditure in writing.


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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Republican 4
R
Loudermilk, Barry
Georgia · Nov 16, 2018
Brat, Dave
· Sep 6, 2018
Handel, Karen
· Sep 5, 2018
 R
Banks, Jim
Indiana · Jul 26, 2018
Byrne, Bradley
· Jul 26, 2018
Messer, Luke
· Jul 26, 2018
Rokita, Todd
· Jul 26, 2018
Rooney, Francis
· Jul 26, 2018
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Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Jul 26, 2018
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jul 26, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6544: The Employee Rights Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6544/
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"H.R. 6544: The Employee Rights Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6544/.
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H.R. 6544, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6544/.
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