To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.

February 14, 2005

Mr. LOTT (for himself, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. HATCH, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. THUNE, and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `National Right-to-Work Act'.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.

(a) Rights of Employees- Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking `except to' and all that follows through `authorized in section 8(a)(3)'.

(b) Unfair Labor Practices- Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended--

(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking `: Provided, That' and all that follows through `retaining membership';

(2) in subsection (b)--

(A) in paragraph (2), by striking `or to discriminate' and all that follows through `retaining membership'; and

(B) in paragraph (5), by striking `covered by an agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3) of this section'; and

(3) in subsection (f), by striking clause (2) and redesignating clauses (3) and (4) as clauses (2) and (3), respectively.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT.

Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended by striking paragraph Eleven.

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