“To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to clarify reporting requirements.”
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This section amends Section 201 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA) (29 U.S.C. 431)—which requires labor organizations to file their constitutions and bylaws along with initial and annual financial reports—by inserting new subsection (c) to require any labor organization that makes specified payments, loans, promises, or agreements in a fiscal year to employees of non-union employers or to labor relations consultants (1) to persuade other employees on organizing and bargaining rights (unless contemporaneously or previously disclosed to those employees), (2) to supply information on employee or employer activities in labor disputes (except for use in administrative, arbitral, or judicial proceedings), or (3) pursuant to such consultant agreements, to file a detailed report with the Secretary of Labor including dates, amounts, recipient details, explanations, targeted employers, and facility locations; and by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as (d) through (f). Separately, this section amends Section 202 of the LMRDA (29 U.S.C. 432)—which requires reporting of certain consultant agreements—by inserting new subsection (c) to require any person receiving payments, loans, promises, or agreements to seek employment with a third party in order to persuade its employees on organizing and bargaining rights or supply labor dispute information (except for specified proceedings) to file an initial report within 30 days detailing the agreement and annual reports on related receipts from labor organizations and disbursements; by redesignating subsection (c) as (d); and by amending the new subsection (d) to reference reporting under both subsections (a) and (c).