Putting American Workers First Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Makes it an unfair labor practice for employers to employ unauthorized aliens or for unions to represent them for collective bargaining, with a good-faith verification safe harbor for employers.
Who Benefits and How
Supporters of stricter work-authorization enforcement could gain an added labor-law penalty for employing or representing unauthorized workers.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Employers and labor organizations would face added legal risk and stronger pressure to verify work authorization before hiring or representing workers.
Key Provisions
- Adds new unfair labor practice prohibitions on employing unauthorized aliens and union representation of such individuals.
- Creates a good-faith employer safe harbor tied to use of an employment verification system.
- Changes the National Labor Relations Act rather than the underlying immigration verification statute.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Makes it an unfair labor practice for employers to employ unauthorized aliens or for unions to represent them for collective bargaining, with a good-faith verification safe harbor for employers.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Immigration, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Makes it an unfair labor practice for employers to employ unauthorized aliens or for unions to represent them for collective bargaining, with a good-faith verification safe harbor for employers.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Policymakers and employers favoring stricter work-authorization enforcement
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Employers hiring workers with uncertain authorization status
- Labor organizations representing unauthorized workers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Banks (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Budd, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Employers hiring workers with uncertain authorization status
Labor organizations barred from representing unauthorized workers
Unauthorized workers facing added barriers to employment and representation
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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