Worker Protection Collective Bargaining

The bill makes the following changes to the "Labor Peace Act":

• Specifies that employees' right to bargain collectively includes the right to bargain collectively concerning any mandatory subject of bargaining;
• Eliminates the requirement for a second election to negotiate a union security agreement clause in the collective bargaining process;
• Declares that it is not an unfair labor practice for an employer to refuse to agree to a lawful proposal made by the exclusive representative of the employees, or for the exclusive representative of the employees to refuse to agree to a lawful proposal made by the employer, concerning a mandatory subject of bargaining if the refusing party has bargained in good faith with the other party; and
• Requires employers and employees, through their exclusive representative, to bargain in good faith.
  (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)