Protection on the Picket Line Act

This bill changes the National Labor Relations Act for cases where an employer disciplines a worker for harassment or abuse that happened during legally protected union or group activity, such as picketing. Under the bill, the discipline would not count as an unfair labor practice unless the National Labor Relations Board's General Counsel first shows that the worker was engaged in protected activity, the employer knew about it, and the employer had hostility toward that activity linked by evidence to the discipline. Even then, the employer could avoid a violation by proving it would have taken the same disciplinary action without the protected activity.

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Sponsors

• Tommy Tuberville Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors