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S 2069 115th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Contracts and agency Labor-management relations Self-employed

Protecting Workers' Freedom to Organize Act

Introduced: November 2, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Nov 2, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 2, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Protecting Workers' Freedom to Organize Act

This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to modify the definitions of "employee" and "supervisor" under that Act to prevent the misclassification of employees as independent contractors in order to deny them collective bargaining rights. An individual performing any services is deemed to be an employee and not an independent contractor unless such individual is free from control and direction in the performance of such services, the services are performed outside the usual course of the employer's business, and the individual is customarily engaged in an independently established business.

What's happening now November 2, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 3064 Related bill Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018
  • HR 6080 Related bill Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Independent 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Nov 2, 2017
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Nov 2, 2017
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 2, 2017
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Nov 2, 2017
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Nov 2, 2017
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Nov 2, 2017
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Nov 2, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2069: Protecting Workers' Freedom to Organize Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2069/
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"S. 2069: Protecting Workers' Freedom to Organize Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2069/.
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S. 2069, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2069/.
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