Posts tagged Faster Labor Contracts Act
Faster Labor Contracts Act Is a Back Door to Unions’ DEI Agenda
August 29, 2026 // The FLCA empowers federal bureaucrats to impose agreements without ever allowing a membership vote. These agreements may include workplace rules that may or may not benefit employees, as well as DEI mandates, pronoun rules and transgender preference provisions. Some Republicans don’t seem to understand the danger of this bill. Democratic-leaning voters will not vote for Republicans who support the bill when they can vote for a Democrat who will take a more radical pro-labor stand. The left-leaning voters in districts held by Republicans are smart, and they will not be fooled into supporting Republicans because of a single talking point: that they supported the FLCA.
Op-ed: How ‘pro-union conservatism’ is a win for the radical Left
August 14, 2026 // The AFL-CIO has funneled over $107 million to “Working America,” a voter canvassing operation affiliated with the union. Since 2015, the Service Employees International Union has sent nearly $39 million to “The Fairness Project,” a progressive ballot initiative operation that is currently working to defeat a proposed abortion ban in Hawley’s home state of Missouri. Union operatives see “organizing” a workplace to form a union as just another kind of political organizing that a professional left-wing activist would do, which is why, once they take control of workplaces and begin negotiating a contract with the employer, unions push their political objectives, not just workplace conditions.
Trucking groups challenge bill that expands labor arbitration
August 7, 2026 // Representing American Trucking Associations as president, Chris Spear described the bill as government-mandated contracting instead of collective bargaining. He said if passed, the changes would eliminate employees from voting to approve an arbitration-imposed contract.
Op-ed: Faster Labor Contracts Act is bad for workers, good for union bosses
August 6, 2026 // Under current law, when workers vote to form a union, the employer and union negotiate a first contract through free collective bargaining. The FLCA inserts unrealistic Washington timelines and bureaucracy into this process. The bill passed the House after seven Republicans signed a discharge petition to bypass the Speaker and committee review to force a floor vote, all with no committee hearing, no CBO score, and no expert testimony. The bill is now before the Senate.
Bipartisan Bill to Accelerate Labor Contracts Roils Employers
August 6, 2026 // “The notion that I’m going to bargain a fresh contract and think of all the terms and conditions of employment that get woven into a contract, a contract that on the light side might be 10 or 15 pages single space and on the long side 50 pages, that’s just ridiculous,” he said. “People that have never bargained wrote this law.” The bill could also exacerbate timelines instead of accelerating them, as arbitrators and mediators become increasingly overwhelmed with an influx of contract disputes. That could be especially aggravated by ongoing staffing challenges at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, said Steven M. Bernstein, regional managing partner and Labor Relations Group co-chair at Fisher & Phillips LLC.
Op-ed: Politics Has Taken Over My Union
July 16, 2026 // The UAW should focus on automotive job growth, not leftwing fads. As for Congress, lawmakers shouldn’t support any bill that lets unions put political ideology ahead of workers’ real needs. By taking contract votes away from workers and giving the final say to forced arbitration after the last offer from union leadership, the Faster Labor Contracts Act will surely worsen the kind of union politicization that already hurts workers like me.