Faster Labor Contracts Act
Sponsored By: Representative Norcross
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a time‑bound pathway to speed up first collective bargaining agreements. It reorganizes Section 8(d) of the National Labor Relations Act and lays out deadlines, mediation, and binding arbitration to shorten delays after a union is recognized or certified.
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- Workers: Would require parties to meet and begin bargaining within 10 days of a written request and aim to conclude a first contract; if no deal after 90 days either side can ask the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) for mediation.
- Employers: If mediation does not resolve the dispute within 30 days, a three‑person arbitration panel would decide a binding contract for up to two years using factors like employer finances, size of operations, employees' cost of living, and comparable wages.
- Process and oversight: FMCS must use its best efforts to mediate and to appoint panel members if parties fail to select them within 14 days, and the Government Accountability Office would report to Congress on average time to a first contract.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Faster first union contracts with arbitration
If enacted, new unions and employers would need to start talks within 10 days of a written request. If no deal after 90 days, either side could ask the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to help for up to 30 days. If mediation fails, a three-person panel would arbitrate. Each side would pick one member within 14 days, or the agency would appoint. The panel’s majority decision would set the first contract for two years and would weigh the employer’s finances and business, workers’ cost of living and ability to support families, and industry pay and benefits.
Protect pay and bargaining during talks
If enacted, your current pay, hours, and work rules would stay the same while the first contract is negotiated. An employer’s duty to bargain would continue unless workers vote to decertify the union in an election.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Norcross
NJ • D
Cosponsors
Stauber
MN • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Deluzio
PA • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Riley (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Rulli
OH • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Golden (ME)
ME • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
LaLota
NY • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Randall
WA • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Van Drew
NJ • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Larsen (WA)
WA • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Smith (NJ)
NJ • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Scanlon
PA • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Bresnahan
PA • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Magaziner
RI • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Moore (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
McGarvey
KY • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Garbarino
NY • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Stevens
MI • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Lynch
MA • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Miller (OH)
OH • R
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Boyle (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Langworthy
NY • R
Sponsored 1/20/2026
Hoyle (OR)
OR • D
Sponsored 1/20/2026
Van Orden
WI • R
Sponsored 1/21/2026
McBath
GA • D
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Carey
OH • R
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/9/2026
Bergman
MI • R
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Scholten
MI • D
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Roll Call Votes
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