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HR 90

A resolution to urge the President, United States Congress, and the National Labor Relations Board to enact policies banning employers from permanently replacing striking employees.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Joey Andrews and 31 co-sponsors

Urges the President, Congress, and the NLRB to ban permanently replacing striking workers, strengthening the right to strike and unions' bargaining power; non-binding.

referred to Committee on Government Operations
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Bill Summary · HR 90

Summary — H.R. 90 (House Resolution)

Title: A resolution to urge the President, United States Congress, and the National Labor Relations Board to enact policies banning employers from permanently replacing striking employees
Status: Introduced (referred to Committee on Government Operations)
Introduced: August 27, 2025
Classification: Resolution (non‑binding)

Purpose / Intent

The resolution encourages federal executive, legislative, and administrative actors (the President, the U.S. Congress, and the National Labor Relations Board) to adopt policies that would prohibit employers from permanently replacing workers who are on strike. Its stated intent is to strengthen the right to strike and restore bargaining balance between employees/unions and employers.

Key provisions

  • Urges the President, the United States Congress, and the National Labor Relations Board to enact policies banning employers from permanently replacing striking employees.
  • Provides legislative findings/background citing:
    • The importance of the right to organize and strike to protect workers.
    • A 2016 NLRB decision that limited employers’ unrestricted right to permanently replace strikers, while noting employers can still hire replacements to maintain operations.
    • A recent example (Kellogg, December 2021) where the company announced permanent replacement of roughly 1,400 striking employees, illustrating the perceived ongoing vulnerability of striking workers.
  • Directs that copies of the resolution be transmitted to the President, the Speaker of the U.S. House, the President of the U.S. Senate, the state’s congressional delegation, and the Chairman of the NLRB.

Who would be affected

  • Striking employees and labor unions: would gain stronger protections and bargaining leverage if the requested federal policies are adopted.
  • Employers and industry groups: would face limitations on one method of responding to strikes (permanent replacement), potentially changing negotiation dynamics and operational contingency planning.
  • The National Labor Relations Board and Congress: would be asked to create or endorse rulemaking or statutory changes affecting labor law enforcement and employer practices.

Legal and procedural implications

  • This is a non‑binding resolution — it does not itself change federal law. Its effect is to express the legislature’s policy preference and to request action by federal officials and agencies.
  • If adopted by the requested federal bodies, changes could take the form of:
    • NLRB rulemaking or precedent restoring/expanding protections against permanent replacements; and/or
    • Federal legislation outlawing permanent replacement of strikers.
  • Potential downstream effects include shifts in collective bargaining leverage, litigation over scope and constitutionality of any new rules, and administrative rulemaking processes for the NLRB.

Sponsors and related measures

  • Sponsors (as listed): Andy Biggs; Mike Cheokas; Bill Yearta; Gerald Greene; Joe Campbell; Darlene Taylor; KONG; Jennifer Sanalitro; Travis Weaver (cosponsor); Joe C. Sosnowski (cosponsor); Jed Davis (cosponsor); Amy L. Grant (cosponsor); Beth Billings.
  • Related bill: HCR 94 (companion).

Current status (as provided)

  • Introduced August 27, 2025; referred to the Committee on Government Operations. (Status may change as the resolution is considered or transmitted.)

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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