Search Results: keywords:"labor-management reporting and disclosure act"

  • H. R. 7784 — To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to clarify reporting requirements.
    Status:Introduced in House
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    The Start Applying Labor Transparency Act (SALT Act) aims to amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, focusing on transparency in financial dealings related to labor organizations. It requires labor organizations to report payments, loans, or...

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    The SALT Act wants to make sure everyone knows about the money and deals that affect workers' rights to team up and talk about better work conditions. It says that any payments or deals made to influence these rights need to be reported and that the rules for how to do this should be ready in six months.

  • H. R. 8573 — To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require labor organizations to make certain disclosures to its members, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:718

    H. R. 8573, the “Union Members Right to Know Act”, is a proposed amendment to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. It requires labor organizations to provide their members with certain important information, including a copy and summary of the Act,...

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    H. R. 8573 wants to make sure that people who are part of a work helpers' group get important information, like what they should know about their rights. The group has to give this info by mail, email, and on a website, but some people are worried it might be hard for smaller groups to do this.