U.S. House Passes Bill Banning Child Sex Offenders From Union Roles
The US House of Representatives approved a measure that would ban people convicted of sex crimes against children from serving in union leadership positions.
The legislation (H.R. 8775), which passed by voice vote Wednesday, would amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act to bar any individual from serving as a union leader, as well as a consultant, adviser, or collective bargaining representative, for 13 years after their conviction of a sex crime against a minor.
Current law already bans individuals who are convicted of specific crimes — including robbery, murder, and rape — from union leadership roles.
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“This commonsense legislation amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) to prohibit individuals convicted of sex offenses against minors from being employed by labor organizations, specifically in leadership positions.” Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC).
If that’s true, then why is a separate statute “needed”?
And apparently these idiots don’t math well, either. It only bars convicted sex criminals for 13 years from their conviction date. Most child sex crime sentences are in the 20+ year range to begin with, so what exactly is the intended effect here? I get the same impression as when some idiot sheriff’s PIO is announcing compliance checks before Halloween every year , frantically waving his arms, jumping up and down, screaming “Look at me protecting our precious children!!” (That should be coming in the next few weeks, BTW)
And finally, I always thought unions were private organizations. Since when does the government have any business mandating who fills leadership positions in private organizations? I can’t believe this law would survive constitutional scrutiny in most federal courts.
Wow, I was a Union Steward for DoD. Even helped create a better contract for our Union. I am confused on how anyone that has done their time has anything to do with being a part of Union Leadership is going to screw with helping Union Employees. If they have been hired to work, then there should be no questions period. There should be no involvement by the Government on who the Union chooses for their leaders. The Government doesn’t give them any paycheck or hire them for Union work, so why are they involved at all? That is up to the Union.
Sorry, not sorry to post again. I read through the remarks of Committee Chairman Tim Walberg. (R-MI). This bill is so lame. All it does is again, show that those who commit a crime should be considered irredeemable. I have added the website address to the press release from Sept 16, 2026 posted by the Committee on Education & Workforce Chairman Tim Walberg. Sorry I’m not good at links.
It’s the same ole gobbledygook m any to sound important.
https://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=413795
It should be the Union’s decision. This should not be legislated. So sick of government over reach.
Well there it goes basically no place to work to provide what basic needs we have to do to comply with already hardest registration in the country already with rules regarding cant be homeless and so on like really its way past out of control. Im tier 1 offender my crimes are from 2005 and ivd been compliant on Fl registration no issue with it except im on disability with big 1,000 dollar a month check i cant pay both rent and electricity let alone i have a vehicle to insure my mouth to feed and a cat and human needs like clean clothes toilet paper and stuff as well basically when I cant pay rent I have to either run till they catch me or go say high to Grady Judd
Florida doesn’t have a tier system, we’re all under the same big blanket no matter the crime.
No surprise it’s South Carolina. This is utter nonsense. The fact that it was a voice vote concerns me. Peer pressure for sure. How does this keep children safe?