H.R. 4461 · 114th Congress
Federal Employee Rights Act
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Johnson30 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill repeals current authority allowing the deduction of labor organization dues from employee pay and prohibits federal agencies, including executive, legislative, and judicial agencies, the U.S.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 4, 2016
Federal Employee Rights Act
This bill repeals current authority allowing the deduction of labor organization dues from employee pay and prohibits federal agencies, including executive, legislative, and judicial agencies, the U.S. Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory Commission, and the government of the District of Columbia, from deducting any amount from the pay of an employee for the dues of a labor organization.
The bill prohibits employee dues collected by a labor organization from being used for any purpose not directly related to the organization's collective bargaining activities without employee authorization.
The bill requires a vote of more than 50% of all employees (not just employees who cast ballots) to approve union representation and extends this requirement to postal service employees.
An employee may elect, in writing, to withhold personal information from a labor organization during organizing activity.
The bill requires that all elections relating to labor representation, including elections involving postal service employees, have secret paper ballots.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Federal Employee Rights Act
Latest action (Feb 4, 2016): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 4, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.