Employee Rights Act

rdf:langString Employee Rights Act

rdf:langString The Employee Rights Act (S.1774), or ERA, is a bill re-introduced to the 115th Congress in the United States Senate on September 7, 2017, by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch [R-UT] and 14 co-sponsors. The bill was referred to the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. It is the successor to bills first introduced in the 112th Congress of the same name, also sponsored by Sen. Hatch and then-Rep. (now Senator) Tim Scott of South Carolina. An identical Employee Rights Act bill (H.R. 2723) was re-introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives on May 25, 2017, by Rep. Phil Roe [R-TN] and six co-sponsors. It received a hearing in the United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 14, 2017. In the 114th Congress, the ERA was co-sponsored by 170 members of Congress, including 33 U.S. senators. In July 2017, The Wall Street Journal editorialized in favor of the ERA, saying "the bill would protect workers and employers from union intimidation."