,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cabd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #f1  
#bjbe ,mr4 ,tuberville 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,cassidy7 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 protect employees    
from harassment and abuse1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4  ,short title  ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,protection on 
the ,picket ,line ,act4  #b4            
,protecting employees from harassment   
and abuse  ,section #h of the ,national 
,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4   
#aeh7 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  7h7 ,in any case in     
which an employer takes disciplinary    
action against an employee for          
harassment or abuse that occurs in the  
course of activity protected under      
section #g1 it shall not be an unfair   
labor practice under this section for   

the employer to take such disciplinary  
action unless--  7#a7 the ,general      
,counsel makes an initial showing that--
  7,a7 the employee engaged in activity 
protected under section #g2  7,b7 the   
employer knew of that activity2 and     
7,c7 the employer had animus against    
that activity1 as proven with evidence  
sufficient to establish a causal        
relationship between the disciplinary   
action and the activity protected under 
section #g2 and  7#b7 the employer has  
not met the burden of persuasion to     
prove that the employer would have taken
 the same disciplinary action in the    
absence of the activity protected under 
section #g4  4