To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to certify a bargaining representative without directing an election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative (card-check) and there is no other individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit.
Sets forth special procedural requirements for reaching an initial collective bargaining agreement following certification or recognition.
Revises enforcement requirements with respect to unfair labor practices during union organizing drives, particularly a preliminary investigation of an alleged unfair labor practice which may lead to proceedings for injunctive relief.
Requires that priority be given to a preliminary investigation of any charge that, while employees were seeking representation by a labor organization, or during the period after a labor organization was recognized as a representative until the first collective bargaining contract is entered into, an employer: (1) discharged or otherwise discriminated against an employee to encourage or discourage membership in the labor organization; (2) threatened to discharge or to otherwise discriminate against an employee in order to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of guaranteed self-organization or collective bargaining rights; or (3) engaged in any other related unfair labor practice that significantly interferes with, restrains, or coerces employees in the exercise of such guaranteed rights.
Adds to remedies for such violations: (1) back pay plus liquidated damages; and (2) additional civil penalties.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7842-7843)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 800.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H2089)
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. McKeon moved to recommit with instructions to Education and Labor. (consideration: CR H2089; text: CR H2089)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Mckeon motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to include language specifying that in addition to the signature of the employee, an attestation that the employee is a lawful citizen or legal resident alien of the United States must be present.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2090)
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 202 - 225, 1 Present (Roll no. 117).
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Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 241 - 185 (Roll no. 118).(text: CR H2078)
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 241 - 185 (Roll no. 118). (text: CR H2078)
Roll Call #118 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 66.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S7877)
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S7877-7878; text: CR S7877)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S7877)
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S8316-8327, S8328-8351)
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S8378-8398)
Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 227. (consideration: CR S8398; text: CR S8398)
Roll Call #227 (Senate)