Worker Privacy Act: New Rules for Union Elections and Data Use
This bill amends labor law to enhance employee privacy during union elections. Employers must provide unions with a voter list, but it is limited to only one form of contact information (like email or phone number) specifically chosen by the employee. Crucially, unions are strictly prohibited from selling this data, using it for political activism, or retaining it after the election process concludes.
Key points
Employees gain control over which single piece of contact information (email, phone, or mailing address) is shared with the union before an election.
Labor organizations are banned from selling employee contact information or using it for political activism or any purpose outside the election proceeding.
Failure by an employer or union to comply with these new data sharing and usage rules constitutes an unfair labor practice.
Introduced
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