This bill would allow employers to establish "employee involvement organizations" where workers and management collaborate on workplace matters like productivity, compensation, benefits, and safety. These organizations would operate separately from traditional labor unions and would not have the power to negotiate collective bargaining agreements or represent employees in union-style negotiations. For large employers with over $1 billion in annual revenue and more than 3,000 workers, the bill imposes additional requirements, including mandatory certification of such organizations, procedures for employee representatives to join company boards as nonvoting members, and restrictions on dissolving established organizations without cause after five years. The National Labor Relations Board would have no enforcement authority over these employee involvement organizations, and the bill prohibits their creation for two years following a failed union election or successful union decertification vote at a company.
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