HR 3779 · 96th Congress · Labor and Employment
Construction Industry Bargaining Stabilization Act
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.(1979-04-30)
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Construction Industry Bargaining Stabilization Act - Establishes in the Department of Labor a 12- member construction Industry Bargaining Commission to endeavor, with the Secretary of Labor, to reduce the fragmented bargaining structure in the construction industry. Requires the Commission to: (1) direct the establishment of National Craft Bargaining Boards for each craft in the industry; and (2) identify "trading areas" of the industry throughout the United States. Requires each Board to work with labor and contractor organizations to assist in developing "geographic bargaining areas," based on the "trading areas," for submission to the Commission for review. Directs the Commission to: (1) conduct informal hearings to determine the feasibility of multicraft bargaining, either on an industry-wide basis or selectively among related crafts and segments, in the trading areas; (2) authorize the Craft Boards, with jurisdiction over crafts in which multicraft bargaining would be unfeasible or injure collective bargaining relations and procedures, to propose new single-craft geographic bargaining areas; and (3) authorize the formation of a Craft Board Coordinating Committee in areas in wh…
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