H.R. 6142

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6142 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6142

To require union contract votes to be carried out through a secret 
ballot election, to prohibit unions from authorizing strikes unless a 
majority of members of the union vote to authorize a strike, and for 
other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 19, 2025

Mr. Harris of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Onder, and Mr. Fine) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and Workforce

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A BILL

To require union contract votes to be carried out through a secret 
ballot election, to prohibit unions from authorizing strikes unless a 
majority of members of the union vote to authorize a strike, and for 
other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Ask the Union Members Act''.

SEC. 2. SECRET BALLOT FOR RATIFICATION AND STRIKE AUTHORIZATION.

(a) Contract Ratification Requirements.--Section 101(a) of the 
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 
411(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(6) Contract Ratification.--A collective bargaining agreement may 
not be executed by a labor organization unless such agreement is 
approved to be ratified by a majority vote of the members of such labor 
organization in good standing voting in a referendum conducted by 
secret ballot, after providing such agreement to each member of the 
labor organization not later than 72 hours prior to such referendum.''.
(b) Strike Authorization Requirements.--Section 8(b) of the 
National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(8) to authorize a strike, unless such strike is approved 
to be authorized by a majority vote of the members in good 
standing voting in a referendum conducted by secret ballot.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect beginning on the date that is 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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