Nationwide Right To Unionize Act
Nationwide Right To Unionize Act is a Senate bill that would repeal a key provision of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)—specifically, Section 14(b), which currently authorizes states to enact right-to-work laws prohibiting agreements that require union membership as a condition of employment. By repealing that subsection, the bill would remove the federal permission for states to ban union-security agreements, thereby allowing, or at least not preventing, agreements that require union membership or dues as a condition of employment across the country. The stated goal in the title is to strengthen the ability of workers to unionize, though the measure is framed as removing state-level barriers to such arrangements. The text provided covers only this repeal; no other substantive provisions are shown.
Key Points
- 1Repeals Subsection (b) of Section 14 of the NLRA (29 U.S.C. 164), which currently enables states to pass right-to-work laws prohibiting membership-in-employment agreements.
- 2Ends the federal preemption that lets states ban union-security agreements, effectively removing state-level protection against mandatory union membership or dues as a condition of employment.
- 3The bill is titled to promote nationwide unionization rights, signaling a shift toward greater use of union-security provisions in employment contracts, subject to the NLRA framework.
- 4Only Section 2 is shown here (the repeal); the full bill text may contain additional provisions not provided in the excerpt.
- 5Introduced in the Senate (Sept. 4, 2025) with sponsors including Elizabeth Warren and several co-sponsors; referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.