Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.

3/29/2007--Introduced.
Employee Free Choice Act of 2007- Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to certify a bargaining representative without directing an election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative (card-check) and there is no other individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit. Sets forth special procedural requirements for reaching an initial collective bargaining agreement following certification or recognition. Revises enforcement requirements with respect to unfair labor practices during union organizing drives, particularly a preliminary investigation of an alleged unfair labor practice (ULP) which may lead to proceedings for injunctive relief. Requires that priority be given to a preliminary investigation of any charge that, while employees were seeking representation by a labor organization, or during the period after a labor organization was recognized as a representative until the first collective bargaining contract is entered into, an employer:
(1) discharged or otherwise discriminated against an employee to encourage or discourage membership in the labor organization;
(2) threatened to discharge or to otherwise discriminate against an employee in order to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of guaranteed self-organization or collective bardaining rights; or
(3) engaged in any other related ULP that significantly interferes with, restrains, or coerces employees in the exercise of such guaranteed rights. Adds to remedies for such violations:
(1) back pay plus liquidated damages; and
(2) additional civil penalties.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA]
• and 46 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
  • Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
  • Sen. B. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
  • Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
  • Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
  • Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
  • Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV]
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
  • Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
  • Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
  • Sen. Robert Casey [D, PA]
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND]
  • Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
  • Sen. Byron Dorgan [D, ND]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
  • Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]
  • Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
  • Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD]
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN]
  • Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
  • Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA]
  • Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
  • Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]
  • Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
  • Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]
  • Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
  • Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
  • Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL]
  • Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL]
  • Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
  • Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
  • Sen. John Rockefeller [D, WV]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
  • Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
  • Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
  • Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
  • Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1041

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
March 29, 2007

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• Jun 19, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7842-7843)
• Mar 29, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Mar 29, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4174)
• Introduced on Mar 29, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.800

Related Issue Areas:

• Labor
• Administrative procedure
• Administrative remedies
• Business
• 18 more
• Civil rights
• Collective bargaining
• Disciplining of employees
• Discrimination in employment
• Dismissal of employees
• Employee rights
• Executive departments
• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
• Fines (Penalties)
• Industrial arbitration
• Injunctions
• Labor contracts
• Labor unions
• Law
• Mediation
• National Labor Relations Board
• Unfair labor practices
• Wage restitution

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In the News

July 26, 2007 Why workers need the Employee Free Choice Act

My union, CWA, with many others has been actively fighting for enactment of the Employee Free Choice Act. The Senate bill (S.1041) was introduced by ...

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June 27, 2007 Joe Biden: Senator Biden Supports Employee Free Choice

June 26, 2007 -- Washington, DC – US Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) spoke on the Senate Floor today in support of the Employee Free Choice Act (S. 1041), ...

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June 26, 2007 Senate Gives America's Workers Their Independence Day

Senators defeated S. 1041, the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would replace federally-supervised secret ballot elections with a ...

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April 19, 2008 Comment by troll on The Last American

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March 17, 2008 Stop Intimidation Today

However, under the Employee Free Choice Act (S. 1041), that secret ballot is replaced with a process that merely requires a majority of workers to sign a card to authorize organizing a union. These cards can be viewed by the employee's ...

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March 15, 2008 Senate Summary Week of March 11 - 13, 2008

S. 1041-Passed as amended-Increases penalties for cockfighting to that of a felony. S.1058- Passed-Establishes the South Carolina Childrens Fund S. 1070-Passed as amended-Requires those filing to be a candidate for elected office to ...

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