,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,king of ,iowa introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,national ,labor ,relations ,act to     
protect employer rights4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,truth in ,employment ,act of #bjac4    
#b4 ,findings and purposes  7a7         
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,an atmosphere of trust and      
civility in labor-management            
relationships is essential to a         
productive workplace and a healthy      
economy4  7#b7 ,the tactic of using     
professional union organizers and agents
 to infiltrate a targeted employer's    
workplace1 a practice commonly referred 
to as salting has evolved into an       
aggressive form of harassment not       
contemplated when the ,national ,labor  
,relations ,act was enacted and         

threatens the balance of rights which is
 fundamental to our system of collective
 bargaining4  7#c7 ,increasingly1 union 
organizers are seeking employment with  
nonunion employers not because of a     
desire to work for such employers but   
primarily to organize the employees of  
such employers or to inflict economic   
harm specifically designed to put       
nonunion competitors out of business1 or
 to do both4  7#d7 ,while no employer   
may discriminate against employees based
 upon the views of employees concerning 
collective bargaining1 an employer      
should have the right to expect job     
applicants to be primarily interested in
 utilizing the skills of the applicants 
to further the goals of the business of 
the employer4  7b7 ,purposes ,the       
purposes of this ,act are--  7#a7 to    
preserve the balance of rights between  
employers1 employees1 and labor         
organizations which is fundamental to   
our system of collective bargaining2    
7#b7 to preserve the rights of workers  

to organize1 or otherwise engage in     
concerted activities protected under the
 ,national ,labor ,relations ,act2 and  
7#c7 to alleviate pressure on employers 
to hire individuals who seek or gain    
employment in order to disrupt the      
workplace of the employer or otherwise  
inflict economic harm designed to put   
the employer out of business4  #c4      
,protection of employer rights ,section 
#h7;a7 of the ,national ,labor          
,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aeh7;a77
 is amended by adding after and below   
paragraph 7#e7 the following3  ,nothing 
in this subsection shall be construed as
 requiring an employer to employ any    
person who seeks or has sought          
employment with the employer in         
furtherance of other employment or      
agency status4 4