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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 128
BY REPRESENTATIVE HENSGENS
LABOR: Provides for secret ballot elections for labor organization membership
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 23:825, relative to labor organizations; to provide for the method of acquiring2
the representation of a labor organization; to prohibit card check; to provide for3
definitions; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 23:825 is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
ยง825. Vote on representation by labor organization; card check prohibited7
Any vote cast to elect to be represented by a labor organization shall be by8
secret ballot. The use of card check to cast a vote to join or to certify a labor9
organization as the bargaining agent for employees is prohibited. For purposes of this10
Section, "card check" is any unsealed card, public ballot, or other non-secret manner11
of expressing an employee's choice as to labor organization representation.12
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Hensgens HB No. 128
Abstract: Prohibits the use of card check as a method to join or certify a labor organization
for representation.
Proposed law requires that any vote to be represented by a labor organization must be by
secret ballot. HLS 12RS-68 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 128
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Proposed law prohibits the use of the card check method of joining a labor organization or
to certify an employee's intention to be represented by a labor organization.
Proposed law defines "card check" as any unsealed card, public ballot, or other non-secret
manner of expressing an employee's choice regarding labor organization representation.
(Adds R.S. 23:825)