H.R. 1409 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
- Sponsor:
- George Miller
- Summary:
- Status:
- The bill has been introduced.
Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
H.R. 1409 — 111th Congress (2009–2010)
- Keywords
- Labor Unions, EFCA, Secret Ballot
- Summary
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- Title
- To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
- Sponsor
- George Miller
- Co-Sponsors
- Grace Napolitano
- Larry Kissell
- Gwen Moore
- Edward Markey
- Bob Filner
- Eni Faleomavaega
- John Salazar
- Timothy Bishop
- Zachary Space
- R. Miller
- Sheila Jackson-Lee
- Silvestre Reyes
- Dennis Kucinich
- Robert Scott
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Jerrold Nadler
- Mark Schauer
- Paul Kanjorski
- Raymond Green
- James McGovern
- Jim Costa
- John Tierney
- Jared Polis
- Betsy Markey
- Artur Davis
- John Conyers
- Raul Grijalva
- Yvette Clarke
- Tim Holden
- William Delahunt
- Dennis Moore
- Steve Driehaus
- Michael Arcuri
- Marcia Fudge
- Solomon Ortiz
- Christopher Smith
- Eliot Engel
- C. Thompson
- Nita Lowey
- Charles Melancon
- Charles Rangel
- Eleanor Norton
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Gregory Meeks
- Robert Wexler
- Sam Farr
- Alcee Hastings
- Melvin Watt
- Kathy Castor
- Gary Peters
- Dennis Cardoza
- Jackie Speier
- Allyson Schwartz
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
- Judy Chu
- Keith Ellison
- Jesse Jackson
- Gregorio Sablan
- Michael Capuano
- Adam Smith
- John Boccieri
- Dina Titus
- Adam Schiff
- Ed Perlmutter
- Pedro Pierluisi
- Anna Eshoo
- Daniel Lipinski
- Harry Teague
- Martin Heinrich
- Gary Ackerman
- Diane Watson
- Jason Altmire
- Michael Michaud
- David Obey
- Michael McMahon
- Jerry McNerney
- Timothy Walz
- Edolphus Towns
- John McHugh
- Diana DeGette
- Kathleen Dahlkemper
- Kurt Schrader
- Ellen Tauscher
- Rush Holt
- Charles Gonzalez
- Ike Skelton
- Linda Sánchez
- Bruce Braley
- Dale Kildee
- James McDermott
- Chaka Fattah
- Stephen Lynch
- David Wu
- Sanford Bishop
- Donald Payne
- Ron Klein
- Collin Peterson
- Zoe Lofgren
- Suzanne Kosmas
- Bennie Thompson
- Peter Visclosky
- Laura Richardson
- Doris Matsui
- Timothy Ryan
- Ciro Rodriguez
- Fortney Stark
- Nick Rahall
- André Carson
- Jerry Costello
- Paul Tonko
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- James Langevin
- Nydia Velázquez
- William Owens
- Robert Andrews
- Charles Wilson
- Loretta Sanchez
- Corrine Brown
- David Loebsack
- Joe Courtney
- Daniel Maffei
- Alan Grayson
- Frank Pallone
- Gerald Connolly
- Joe Donnelly
- Henry Johnson
- Melissa Bean
- Neil Abercrombie
- Rosa DeLauro
- John Dingell
- Joseph Crowley
- Donna Edwards
- John Yarmuth
- Kendrick Meek
- Betty McCollum
- Jane Harman
- Lynn Woolsey
- Steven Rothman
- Barbara Lee
- Chellie Pingree
- Barney Frank
- Tammy Baldwin
- Steve Kagen
- John Hall
- Maxine Waters
- Phil Hare
- Anthony Weiner
- Al Green
- Steve Israel
- Scott Murphy
- Carolyn Maloney
- Maurice Hinchey
- James Himes
- Louise Slaughter
- Joe Sestak
- Bobby Rush
- Carolyn Kilpatrick
- Lloyd Doggett
- Janice Schakowsky
- José Serrano
- Xavier Becerra
- Peter Welch
- Alan Mollohan
- Marcy Kaptur
- James Oberstar
- William Clay
- Russ Carnahan
- Mazie Hirono
- Rick Larsen
- Steny Hoyer
- Mary Jo Kilroy
- Jay Inslee
- Christopher Van Hollen
- Niki Tsongas
- Frank LoBiondo
- Steve Cohen
- Joe Baca
- Albio Sires
- Danny Davis
- David Price
- Brad Sherman
- Betty Sutton
- John Sarbanes
- Richard Neal
- Frederick Boucher
- Bill Foster
- Norman Dicks
- Bart Stupak
- Michael Honda
- John Adler
- Brian Higgins
- Robert Brady
- Paul Hodes
- James Moran
- Eddie Johnson
- Susan Davis
- Edward Pastor
- John Murtha
- Elijah Cummings
- Earl Blumenauer
- Leonard Boswell
- Ben Luján
- Eric Massa
- Ronald Kind
- John Lewis
- Carol Shea-Porter
- Patrick Kennedy
- Shelley Berkley
- Sander Levin
- David Scott
- Howard Berman
- John Olver
- Luis Gutiérrez
- Michael Doyle
- Lois Capps
- Christopher Murphy
- Brian Baird
- Henry Waxman
- John Larson
- Mike Quigley
- Rubén Hinojosa
- Peter DeFazio
- Emanuel Cleaver
- C.A. Ruppersberger
- William Pascrell
- Deborah Halvorson
- Patrick Murphy
- James Clyburn
- Subjects
- Labor and employment
- Civil actions and liability
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Government investigations
- Labor-management relations
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 3/10/2009 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 3/10/2009 3/10/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 4/29/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
Total contributions given to House members from interest groups that…
supported this bill
| Democratic/Liberal | $4,362,630 |
| US Postal Service unions & associations | $4,210,703 |
| Teachers unions | $3,350,750 |
| Manufacturing unions | $2,826,598 |
| Environmental policy | $2,146,787 |
| IBEW (Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) | $2,101,331 |
| Federal employees unions | $1,944,868 |
| State & local govt employee unions | $1,737,850 |
| Teamsters union | $1,659,050 |
| Food service & related unions | $1,380,880 |
| Communications & hi-tech unions | $1,365,650 |
| Labor Unions | $534,531 |
| Mining unions | $271,100 |
| Churches, clergy & religious organizations | $243,772 |
| Health & welfare policy | $191,908 |
| Other unions | $123,700 |
| Retail trade unions | $39,100 |
| Automotive unions | $0 |
| $28,491,208 |
opposed this bill
| Commercial banks & bank holding companies | $7,804,815 |
| Real Estate developers & subdividers | $6,477,871 |
| Hospitals | $5,036,088 |
| Industrial/commercial equipment & materials | $3,991,681 |
| Republican/Conservative | $3,650,801 |
| Business services | $3,581,771 |
| Public works, industrial & commercial construction | $2,869,205 |
| Restaurants & drinking establishments | $2,822,224 |
| Residential construction | $2,425,823 |
| Chemicals | $2,424,468 |
| Nursing homes | $2,030,587 |
| Stone, clay, glass & concrete products | $1,847,564 |
| Trucking companies & services | $1,406,601 |
| Oil & Gas | $1,364,918 |
| Electronics manufacturing & services | $1,335,266 |
| Food and kindred products manufacturing | $1,292,432 |
| Food stores | $1,266,418 |
| Building operators and managers | $1,145,097 |
| Hotels & motels | $1,137,512 |
| Oilfield service, equipment & exploration | $991,761 |
| Hardware & building materials stores | $925,750 |
| Home care services | $861,032 |
| Agricultural chemicals (fertilizers & pesticides) | $857,160 |
| Health, Education & Human Resources | $807,033 |
| Special trade contractors | $748,045 |
| Vegetables, fruits and tree nut | $726,785 |
| Auto dealers, foreign imports | $647,683 |
| Meat processing & products | $641,721 |
| Retail trade | $591,549 |
| Waste management | $558,140 |
| Mining | $555,750 |
| Plastics & Rubber processing & products | $541,852 |
| Plumbing, heating & air conditioning | $537,862 |
| Security services | $525,648 |
| Fabricated metal products | $513,213 |
| Equipment rental & leasing | $430,359 |
| Truck/Automotive parts & accessories | $418,310 |
| Textiles & fabrics | $408,053 |
| Builders associations | $346,349 |
| Small business associations | $344,168 |
| General business associations | $329,900 |
| Commercial printing & typesetting | $317,122 |
| Animal feed & health products | $300,857 |
| Food & Beverage Products and Services | $238,918 |
| Amusement/recreation centers | $227,550 |
| Health professionals | $214,169 |
| Manufacturing | $172,407 |
| Heavy industrial manufacturing | $168,425 |
| Hardware & tools | $132,300 |
| Wholesale trade | $127,887 |
| Bus services | $121,800 |
| Warehousing | $118,168 |
| Chambers of commerce | $114,550 |
| Plumbing & pipe products | $114,450 |
| Laundries & dry cleaners | $114,150 |
| Pest control | $78,570 |
| Personal products manufacturing | $56,200 |
| Pro-business associations | $13,800 |
| Electrical Supply | $8,275 |
| International trade associations | $5,618 |
| $69,864,481 |
Interest groups that opposed this bill gave 145% more as interest groups that supported this bill
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
