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Senate committee advances bill conditioning economic incentives on employee secret-ballot rights and privacy
Summary
The Senate Labor Committee advanced bill 28-49, which would require recipients of state economic development incentives to preserve employees' right to NLRB secret-ballot elections, bar disclosure of employee contact information without consent, prohibit neutrality agreements and allow the state to recover incentives for noncompliance.
The Senate Labor Committee voted to report out bill 28-49, a measure that would attach labor-related conditions to state economic development incentives. The bill would bar employers who receive state incentives from granting recognition to a labor organization solely on the basis of signed authorization cards where a National Labor Relations Board secret-ballot election could instead be used. It would also prohibit employers from voluntarily disclosing employees' personal contact information to labor organizations without prior written consent, ban neutrality agreements with labor organizations, and require reporting of violations to the Mississippi Attorney General.
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