Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to labor union membership and representation and making penalties applicable
Topics:Jobs & workers
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 26, 2022
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Employers and companies would be prohibited from interfering with employees' rights to join unions or participate in union elections. It would also be illegal to misclassify workers to stop them from forming unions or to deny union benefits based on a person's immigration status. People or businesses that break these rules could face fines or jail time.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides that it is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or association to interfere in the rights of employees to participate in a union election, fail to enter into an initial contract with a labor union that has been duly elected to represent employees, misclassify employees for purposes of denying employees the right to form a union or receive the benefits of representation by a labor union, deny the rights of an employee to receive the rights and benefits of representation by a labor union based upon the employee’s immigration status, and to prevent employees in a labor union from collectively bargaining with all employers that control the terms and conditions of the employee’s employment. 7 allows for an injunction to enforce the rights of the Code chapter. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than $2,560.