GOP lawmakers introduce bill to require union recertification

Republican lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday that would require labor unions to regularly reaffirm that they still had their members’ support to keep their federal recognition.

The legislation, titled the Current Employee Representation Act, would allow workers to petition their union to hold a recertification vote whenever its membership has had more than 50 percent turnover from the last union election. It also would allow management to initiate decertification votes, a significant departure from existing law.