United States: draft legislation allowing workers to opt out of trade union negotiated agreements and to independently negotiate their own conditions

On 18 November, three Republican US House of Representatives members from the conservative states of South Dakota, North Carolina, and Tennessee, presented their Worker’s Choice Act that aims to amend the National Labor Relations Act. The text has been published (here) and is entitled: ‘To amend the National Labor Relations Act to repeal exclusive representation (Ed. Note: by a trade union), to remove any requirement that individual employees join or pay dues or fees to labor organizations, and for other purposes.’

Through . Published on 03 December 2019 à 13h46 - Update on 03 December 2019 à 14h47

The bill’s sponsors (press statement here) argue that the goal of the bill is to allow workers the opportunity to independently negotiate their employment terms and conditions directly with their employers,…

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