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H.R. 5728: Workplace Democracy Act

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H.R. 5728: Workplace Democracy Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-05-09 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-05-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Workplace Democracy Act

Plain summary

Workplace Democracy Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and related labor laws to preserve workers' rights to join labor organizations and engage in collective bargaining. Specifically, it prohibits employers from classifying employees as independent contractors or supervisors to avoid employee participation in union activities; allows the National Labor Relation Board to certify a union, without a secret election, if it receives the consent of the majority of eligible workers; requires employers to begin negotiating with a new union within 10 days of its certification; prohibits coercion of employees to to participate in campaign activities unrelated to their job duties; requires employers to make disclosures of anti-labor organization activities; and repeals provisions allowing states to prevent labor organizations from collecting dues from nonunion workers who benefit from union representation (right to work laws).

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Official text

Workplace Democracy Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · 61 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Judy Chu (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), John Garamendi (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Grace Meng (D-NY) and 1 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5728 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115