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S 664 116th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Contracts and agency Labor-management relations Self-employed

Protecting Workers’ Freedom to Organize Act

Introduced: March 5, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Mar 5, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 5, 2019
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 March 5, 2019

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2474 Related bill Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
  • S 1306 Related bill Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7 Independent 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 5, 2019
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Mar 5, 2019
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 5, 2019
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 5, 2019
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Mar 5, 2019
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 5, 2019
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 5, 2019
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Mar 5, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 664: Protecting Workers’ Freedom to Organize Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-664/
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"S. 664: Protecting Workers’ Freedom to Organize Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-664/.
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S. 664, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-664/.
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