{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://allen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4818", "Rep. Rick Allen Introduces the Truth in Employment Act", "2021-09-08", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Rick W. Allen", "A000372", "allen.house.gov", "allen", "https://allen.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "U.S. Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, yesterday introduced H.R. 5178, the Truth in Employment Act. This legislation would amend the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to protect small businesses and their employees from the coercive tactic used by big unions known as \u201csalting,\u201d which makes small businesses targets of harassment campaigns designed to increase forced unionization.\n\n\u201cIn the past, we have seen union bosses exploit small businesses that need to hire more workers and ultimately force them into unionization by sending in a job applicant who is solely there to gather information and start organizing efforts,\u201d said Rep. Allen. \u201cThis deceptive salting practice often leads to costly legal battles if the business does not unionize. The Truth in Employment Act would protect both employers and employees by clarifying language in the National Labor Relations Act so that no employer is forced into hiring a \u2018salt,\u2019 and can instead use precious time and resources to hire employees who are there to actually work, especially important in this already difficult hiring environment.\u201d\n\nGreg Mourad, Vice President of the National Right to Work Committee, said:\n\n\u201cWith many workers choosing to reject Big Labor\u2019s \u2018representation\u2019 in secret ballot votes, union bosses are increasingly relying on coercion instead, such as \u2018salting\u2019 schemes designed to harass non-union employers into turning workers over to union boss control without a vote \u2013 or drive them out of business altogether through bad-faith litigation. Big Labor\u2019s cynical \u2018salting\u2019 tactics are currently being used all over the country to strong-arm workers into accepting union \u2018representation\u2019 against their will. The National Right to Work Committee is proud to stand with Congressman Allen in calling for passage of the Truth in Employment Act, which would put an end to this destructive practice once and for all.\u201d\n\nAssociated Builders and Contractors said:\n\n\u201cSalting is not merely an organizing tool\u2014it has become an instrument of economic destruction aimed at nonunion companies. ABC supports legislation like the Truth in Employment Act that would amend the National Labor Relations Act to make it clear that an employer is not required to hire any person who seeks a job primarily to organize employees or put nonunion companies out of business or do both. This change would not infringe on any rights or protections otherwise afforded to employees under the NLRA. It would alleviate the legal pressures imposed on employers to hire individuals whose overriding purpose for seeking a job is to disrupt the workplace or otherwise inflict economic harm.\u201d\n\nFull bill text is available here.\n\nBackground:\n\nSalting applicants often openly identify as union organizers during the job hiring process, but at this stage, it is still too late. Employers are caught in a multi-step process:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://allen.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4818"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7726310286670923, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}