US Congress Senate Bill 3421 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on July 23 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-07-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act or WORK Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, to establish within the Employment and Training Administration an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative to promote employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking. Requires the Secretary to establish a program, which may include grants for outreach, technical assistance, and training, to encourage new and existing state programs designed to foster employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on progress related to employee ownership and participation in U.S. businesses.

WORK Act

Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-07-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/3421/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s3421/BILLS-112s3421is.pdf