,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #badb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #f1   
#bjae,mr4 ,sanders 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,brown1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1  
,ms4 ,warren1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,ms4   
,stabenow1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,leahy1   
and ,mr4 ,whitehouse7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,national ,labor  
,relations ,act to establish an         
efficient system to enable employees to 
form1 join1 or assist labor             
organizations1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,workplace ,democracy ,act4  #b4
 ,streamlining certification for labor  
organizations  7a7 ,in general ,section 
#i7;c7 of the ,national ,labor          
,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aei7;c77
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following3  7#f7 ,notwithstanding any   
other provision of this section1        

whenever a petition shall have been     
filed by an employee or group of        
employees or any individual or labor    
organization acting in their behalf     
alleging that a majority of employees in
 a unit appropriate for the purposes of 
collective bargaining wish to be        
represented by an individual or labor   
organization for such purposes1 the     
,board shall investigate the petition4  
,if the ,board finds that a majority of 
the employees in a unit appropriate for 
bargaining has signed valid             
authorizations designating the          
individual or labor organization        
specified in the petition as their      
bargaining representative and that no   
other individual or labor organization  
is currently certified or recognized as 
the exclusive representative of any of  
the employees in the unit1 the ,board   
shall not direct an election but shall  
certify the individual or labor         
organization as the representative      
described in subsection 7a74  7#g7 ,the 

,board shall develop guidelines and     
procedures for the designation by       
employees of a bargaining representative
 in the manner described in paragraph   
7#f74 ,such guidelines and procedures   
shall include--  7,a7 model collective  
bargaining authorization language that  
may be used for purposes of making the  
designations described in paragraph     
7#f72 and  7,b7 procedures to be used by
 the ,board to establish the validity of
 signed authorizations designating      
bargaining representatives4  4  7b7     
,conforming amendments  7#a7 ,national  
,labor ,relations ,board ,section #c7;b7
 of the ,national ,labor ,relations ,act
 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aec7;b77 is amended1 in
 the second sentence--  7,a7 by striking
 and to and inserting to2 and  7,b7 by  
striking and certify the results        
thereof1 and inserting 1 and to issue   
certifications as provided for in that  
section14  7#b7 ,unfair labor practices 
,section #h7;b7 of the ,national ,labor 
,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aeh7;b77

 is amended--  7,a7 in paragraph        
7#g77;,b7 by striking 1 or and inserting
 or a petition has been filed under     
section #i7;c77#f71 or2 and  7,b7 in    
paragraph 7#g77;,c7 by striking when    
such a petition has been filed and      
inserting when such a petition other    
than a petition under section #i7;c77#f7
 has been filed4  #c4 ,facilitating     
initial collective bargaining agreements
 ,section #h of the ,national ,labor    
,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aeh7 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7h7 ,whenever collective    
bargaining is for the purpose of        
establishing an initial agreement       
following certification or recognition1 
the provisions of subsection 7d7 shall  
be modified as follows3  7#a7 ,not later
 than #aj days after receiving a written
 request for collective bargaining from 
an individual or labor organization that
 has been newly organized or certified  
as a representative as defined in       
section #i7;a71 or within such further  

period as the parties agree upon1 the   
parties shall meet and commence to      
bargain collectively and shall make     
every reasonable effort to conclude and 
sign a collective bargaining agreement4 
7#b7 ,if after the expiration of the    
#ij-;day period beginning on the date on
 which bargaining is commenced1 or such 
additional period as the parties may    
agree upon1 the parties have failed to  
reach an agreement1 either party may    
notify the ,federal ,mediation and      
,conciliation ,service of the existence 
of a dispute and request mediation4     
,whenever such a request is received1 it
 shall be the duty of the ,service      
promptly to put itself in communication 
with the parties and to use its best    
efforts1 by mediation and conciliation1 
to bring them to agreement4  7#c7 ,if   
after the expiration of the #cj-;day    
period beginning on the date on which   
the request for mediation is made under 
paragraph 7#b71 or such additional      
period as the parties may agree upon1   

the ,service is not able to bring the   
parties to agreement by conciliation1   
the ,service shall refer the dispute to 
an arbitration board established in     
accordance with such regulations as may 
be prescribed by the ,service4 ,the     
arbitration panel shall render a        
decision settling the dispute and such  
decision shall be binding upon the      
parties for a period of #b years1 unless
 amended during such period by written  
consent of the parties4  4