CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Joe Wilson (R-SC)

National Right-to-Work Act

H.R. 1232 · House bill Labor and Employment

A Republican bill with 129 Republican cosponsors · See all 129 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

H.R. 1232 is called the National Right-to-Work Act. The bill aims to protect the free choice of individual workers to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to choose not to participate in those activities. It makes changes to the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act. The text removes specific provisions that previously allowed agreements requiring union membership or financial support as a condition of employment. By doing this, the legislation alters how labor organizations and employers can handle union security clauses across the United States.

Yes

  • Scored +6

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    Business owners benefit from the reduction of mandatory union membership requirements for employees.

  • Scored +5

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    Establishes a national standard for right-to-work, overriding various state-level labor agreement norms.

  • Scored +2

    Does this make it easier to run a small business?

    Employers may have more flexibility in labor relations by eliminating mandatory union membership clauses.

The opposite

  • Scored -8

    Does this strengthen the rights of workers to organise?

    The bill removes requirements for maintaining union membership and strikes provisions that protect union security agreements.

  • Scored -7

    Would union members be better off under this?

    The bill undermines union stability by allowing workers to benefit from union contracts without paying for membership.

  • Scored -5

    Does this leave more decisions to the states?

    The national act imposes a uniform federal standard that limits states' ability to allow union security agreements.