Secret Ballot Protection Act

Sponsor: Rick W. Allen (Republican-GA)March 21, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

New union recognition and removal would require secret ballot elections.

This bill would require all new decisions about forming or removing a union in a workplace to happen through a secret ballot election run by the government. It would prevent unions and employers from using other methods, like signing cards, to recognize a union for new relationships. This affects employees, labor organizations, and businesses.

What Would Change

Today, a labor union can sometimes be recognized by an employer if a majority of employees sign cards, without a secret ballot election. This bill would change that by requiring all new union recognition and removal decisions to happen only through a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.

Key Provisions

Requires employers to only recognize a labor union for new collective bargaining relationships if a majority of employees choose it in a secret ballot election run by the National Labor Relations Board.
Prohibits labor unions from trying to get employers to recognize them for new collective bargaining relationships without a secret ballot election run by the National Labor Relations Board.
Mandates that employees must use a secret ballot election run by the National Labor Relations Board to choose a union representative for new collective bargaining relationships.
Requires the National Labor Relations Board to conduct a secret ballot election when employees want to remove an existing union for new collective bargaining relationships.
Directs the National Labor Relations Board to update its rules within six months to carry out these new requirements.

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HR 2241 · 119th Congress · March 21, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10

Lobbying Activity

5 filings mentioned this bill

Top Lobbying Clients

FMR LLC

$60K

2 filings

NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE

3 filings

Top Lobbying Firms

1.THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE3 filings

2.O'NEIL BRADLEY CONSULTING LLC2 filings

Amounts reflect total quarterly lobbying spend reported to the Senate, not bill-specific spending. Source: Senate LDA filings.