Union Member Protection Act
- Last Action
- 4/19/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-19Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 2021-04-19Introduced in House
- 2021-04-19Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-19 (00)
Union Member Protection Act
This bill requires labor unions to obtain approval of a majority of union members for specified political expenditures. Further, it requires unions to report proposed political expenditures and to disclose the vote of each union officer with respect to such expenditures during the preceding fiscal year.
Additionally, labor union bylaws must require principal officers to vote on individual political expenditures in excess of $50,000 and such individual votes must be made publicly available on the union's website.
Subjects
- Business records
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Government studies and investigations
- Labor-management relations
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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