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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 6142 (Introduced in House) — To require union contract votes to be carried out through a secret ballot election, to prohibit unions from authorizi... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Secret ballot for ratification and strike authorization

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Section 101(a) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ( 29 U.S.C. 411(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: A collective bargaining agreement may not be executed by a labor organization unless such agreement is approved to be ratified by a majority vote of the members of such labor organization in good standing voting in a referendum conducted by secret ballot, after providing such agreement to each member of the labor organization not later than 72 hours prior to such referendum. .
Section 8(b) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 158(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (6), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: to authorize a strike, unless such strike is approved to be authorized by a majority vote of the members in good standing voting in a referendum conducted by secret ballot. . The amendments made by this Act shall take effect beginning on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
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