Good bill, although I do believe that elections to unionize should be by secret ballot. If votes are allowed to be public, corporate bosses could easily use that to intimidate workers or treat the anti-union workers more favorably than the pro-union workers.
Amendment:
SENATE BILL
Be it enacted in Both Houses of Congress Assembled,
The Walter Reuther & Cesar Chavez Solidarity Act
Section 1:No Fire
1A.) It is hereby unlawful for any employer to fire or discipline any employee for joining a trade union, encouraging colleagues to join a union or attempting to form a union or organise within their workplace.
1B.) Any employer found guilty of breaching Section 1A shall be fined $5,000 after the first breach, $10,000 after the second breach and an additional $20,000 for each subsequent breach.
1C.) The Attorney General shall have the authority to introduce additional fines on companies found to breaching this regulation on successive occasions.
Section 2: Recognition
2A.) A union shall be recongised within any workplace providing that more than 50% of employees submit a signed affirmation in favour of unionisation.
2B.) If less than 50% but more than 30% of employees submit a signed affirmation in favour of unionisation then a secret ballot shall be held by employees on whether to unionise.
Section 3: Solidarity Forever
3A.) Solidarity Strikes, or secondary strikes are hereby legal- under the provision that a ballot of union members is held with more than 50% voting in favour.
Section 4: Farm Workers are Workers
4A.) The National Labor Relations Act 1935 is hereby amended to include farm workers, and no limit shall be placed upon them
Section 5: Level Playing Field
5A.) No employer shall be allowled to limit, control or deny access for their employees to discuss or meet with their union representatives.
5B.) Employers shall not be allowled to use company resources to fund or provide literature or promotional material which encourages their employees not to join or become a member of a trade union.
5C.) It is hereby illegal for an employer to use any form of surveillance to monitor, track or disrupt the lawful activities of union officals within the workplace.
Section 6: The room where it happens.
6A.) All public limited companies shall have at least 1 trade union appointed offical as a sitting and voting member of their board of directors.
