Union Transparency and Accountability Act This bill amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to: (1) require labor organizations to file certain disclosure forms detailing expenditures of union dues, (2) impose civil fines on labor organizations that fail to file required disclosures, and (3) make it unlawful for any labor organization to discharge or discriminate against any employee who has filed a whistle-blower complaint or who is testifying in a disclosure proceeding.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Labor and Employment
Civil actions and liabilityEmployment discrimination and employee rightsGovernment information and archivesJudicial review and appealsLabor-management relations
To ensure labor organization transparency and accountability.
USA115th CongressHR-5230| House
| Updated: 3/8/2018
Union Transparency and Accountability Act This bill amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to: (1) require labor organizations to file certain disclosure forms detailing expenditures of union dues, (2) impose civil fines on labor organizations that fail to file required disclosures, and (3) make it unlawful for any labor organization to discharge or discriminate against any employee who has filed a whistle-blower complaint or who is testifying in a disclosure proceeding.
Civil actions and liabilityEmployment discrimination and employee rightsGovernment information and archivesJudicial review and appealsLabor-management relations