A Republican bill with no 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
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Secret Ballot Protection Act aims to amend the National Labor Relations Act. It focuses on ensuring that employees have the right to a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board to select a representative. The bill would prevent labor organizations from being recognized through private agreements without a majority vote from employees in a secret ballot. It also establishes a process for decertifying a labor organization through a secret ballot election. These changes would not apply to collective bargaining relationships recognized before the Act's enactment.
Yes· 3 of 6
- Scored +7
Would union members be better off under this?
The bill strengthens the legitimacy and democratic basis of union representation through secret ballots.
- Scored +6
Does this make elections run better?
The bill strengthens democratic processes within the workplace by requiring secret ballot elections.
- Scored +5
Does this strengthen the rights of workers to organise?
The bill enhances protections by ensuring union recognition occurs through transparent, supervised secret ballot elections rather than private agreements.
The opposite
- Scored -3
Would business owners be better off under this?
The bill may increase administrative burdens and restrict the ability of employers to enter into private recognition agreements.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Ensures choice without coercion: The bill identifies that a secret ballot is the only method to ensure a choice is free from intimidation, illegality, or irregularity (Section 2).
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Protects employee rights to choose representation: The bill aims to protect an employee's right to choose whether or not they are represented by a labor organization (Section 2).
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Establishes a neutral supervised election process: The bill mandates that a representative must be selected by a majority of employees in a secret ballot election conducted by the Board (Section 3(a)(1)).
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Provides a method for decertification: The bill allows for a secret ballot election to determine if a previously recognized labor organization is still the representative for a unit (Section 3(c)(2)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts are explicitly stated in the text provided.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make elections run better? — The bill strengthens democratic processes within the workplace by requiring secret ballot elections. Does this protect the right to fair treatment by the courts? — The bill protects employees' due process rights to choose representation through a formal election process. Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — It increases transparency by requiring elections to be supervised by a neutral third party (the NLRB). Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill increases federal oversight by mandating NLRB-conducted elections for union recognition.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this strengthen the rights of workers to organise? — The bill enhances protections by ensuring union recognition occurs through transparent, supervised secret ballot elections rather than private agreements.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would union members be better off under this? — The bill strengthens the legitimacy and democratic basis of union representation through secret ballots. Would business owners be better off under this? — The bill may increase administrative burdens and restrict the ability of employers to enter into private recognition agreements.
- 3/21/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Introduced in House