CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Mark Harris (R-NC)

Fair Access to Justice for Union Members Act

H.R. 6141 · House bill Labor and Employment

A Republican bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 2 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

This bill is known as the Fair Access to Justice for Union Members Act. It was introduced in the House of Representatives by Mr. Harris of North Carolina alongside Mr. Onder and Mr. Fine. The legislation amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. Specifically, it removes the requirement that union members must exhaust internal reasonable hearing procedures before bringing certain legal or administrative proceedings against their union or its officers. The bill becomes effective 18 months after the date of its enactment.

Yes

  • Scored +6

    Would union members be better off under this?

    Union members benefit directly by gaining immediate access to legal or administrative actions against their union or officers without mandatory waiting periods.

  • Scored +5

    Does this strengthen the rights of workers to organise?

    The bill empowers individual union members by allowing them to seek legal or administrative recourse immediately without waiting for internal union grievance procedures.

  • Scored +5

    Does this protect the right to fair treatment by the courts?

    The legislation enhances due process for union members by removing bureaucratic hurdles before accessing legal or administrative proceedings.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.