Archive: Worker Freedom

  • Resolution on the Federal Employer’s Liability Act March 15, 2013

    Resolution on the Federal Employer’s Liability Act Summary ALEC’s model Resolution on the Federal Employer’s Liability Act calls for Congress to repeal the Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA) and place the railroad industry under no-fault worker’s compensation laws, thus avoiding [...]

  • Resolution on Secondary Boycotts March 15, 2013

    Resolution on Secondary Boycotts Summary ALEC’s model resolution highlights the impact and problems of secondary boycotts and calls for Congress to amend the Railway Labor Act to include rail and airline unions in prohibiting this unfair labor practice. Model Resolution [...]

  • Resolution Opposing “Card Check” and Forced, Compulsory Binding Arbitration March 15, 2013

    Resolution Opposing “Card Check” and Forced, Compulsory Binding Arbitration Summary A resolution opposing efforts to amend the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 removing the private election phase of union recognition campaigns and forcing binding arbitration on employers during union [...]

  • Public Employee Paycheck Protection Act March 15, 2013

    Public Employee Paycheck Protection Act  Summary Though states have broad authority to allow deductions from individuals’ paychecks if those individuals request or allow it, a one-time permission should not suffice to allow any kind of deduction to occur for the [...]

  • Right to Work Act March 15, 2013

    Right to Work Act Summary ALEC’s model Right to Work Act provides that no employee need join or pay dues to a union, or refrain from joining a union, as a condition of employment. The Act establishes penalties and remedies [...]

  • Employee Secret Ballot Protection Act March 15, 2013

    Employee Secret Ballot Protection Act  Summary This Act provides that all qualifying union certification efforts in a state must be approved by a majority of collective bargaining unit employees who vote in a secret-ballot process. The state labor official/agency cannot [...]

  • Resolution to Support State Efforts to Protect Secret Ballot Elections March 15, 2013

    Resolution to Support State Efforts to Protect Secret Ballot Elections Summary ALEC supports the efforts of states to guarantee the right of individuals to vote by a private, secret ballot in elections for public office or ballot measures and in [...]

  • Public Employee Freedom Act March 15, 2013

    Public Employee Freedom Act Summary Excluded from National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), public employees are subject to state and local laws governing collective bargaining. Many of these laws are “monopoly bargaining laws,” which means that even if an employee chooses [...]

  • Employee Rights Reform Act March 15, 2013

    Employee Rights Reform Act Summary The purpose of this act is to: 1) limit the amount of compelled agency fees which may be exacted from public employees as a condition of continued employment; 2) provide public employees compelled to pay [...]

  • Voluntary Contributions (Paycheck Protection) Act March 15, 2013

    Voluntary Contributions (Paycheck Protection) Act Summary The Voluntary Contributions Act requires labor organizations that engage in political activities to keep a segregated fund for political contributions. It further specifies that contributions to that fund will be on a voluntary basis [...]