H. B. 2265
(By Delegate Walters (By Request))
[Introduced February 27, 1997; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article six, chapter twenty-one of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
two-a, relating to providing that employees under the age of
eighteen who work part-time have the right to decide whether
to join a labor union.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, chapter twenty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
two-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. CHILD LABOR.
§21-6-2a. Children employed part-time to have option to join
labor organization.
Children under eighteen years of age, who are employed and
who work less than forty hours a week, shall have the option to
join, or refrain from joining, any labor organization.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that persons
under the age of eighteen, who work part-time, cannot be
compelled to join a labor union.
Section two-a is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.