HB 324 – AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
\t15-0017
\t06/01
HOUSE BILL\t\t324
AN ACT\trelative to membership in a union.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Pitre, Straf 2
COMMITTEE:\tLabor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
\tThis bill permits the members of a union to vote to decertify the union if membership falls below 50 percent. This bill also permits employers to require such a vote if the number of employees who pay union dues falls below 50 percent of the total number of employees.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t15-0017
\t06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT\trelative to membership in a union.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 New Section; Vote to Decertify. Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 2 the following new section:
\t275:2-a Vote to Decertify Union.
\t\tI. Whenever membership in a labor organization falls below 50 percent of the employees of an employer, the members may vote to decertify such organization by secret ballot.
\t\tII. Whenever the number of employees who pay union dues falls below 50 percent of the total employees of the employer, such employer may require the members to vote, by secret ballot, on whether to decertify the union.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.