The record
Legislation· Jun 2026
Legislation· Jun 2026HR 5408 Passed House — in Senate
Sponsored by Donald Norcross (D)
Faster Labor Contracts Act
Requires employers to negotiate initial union contracts within 90 days, with binding arbitration if talks stall.
Tradeoff
Speeds up first union contract negotiations by setting tight deadlines and using arbitration to break deadlocks. Employers must maintain current wages and benefits during negotiations and continue bargaining even if the union is later decertified.
What's in it
The House passed this 230-193 on June 9, 2026 — now in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Sep 16, 2025)
House
Committee on Education and Workforce(Sep 16, 2025)
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #216 · Jun 9, 2026)
230 yeanay 193Senate
Received from the House
Received(Jun 10, 2026)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Nikki Budzinski (D-IL)
- Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
- Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Josh Riley (D-NY)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- Angie Craig (D-MN)
- Michael A. Rulli (R-OH)
- Jared F. Golden (D-ME)
- Nick LaLota (R-NY)
- Emily Randall (D-WA)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
- Rick Larsen (D-WA)
- Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
- Robert P. Bresnahan (R-PA)
- Seth Magaziner (D-RI)
- Riley M. Moore (R-WV)
- Morgan McGarvey (D-KY)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY)
- Haley M. Stevens (D-MI)
- Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
- Max L. Miller (R-OH)
- Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA)
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY)
- Val T. Hoyle (D-OR)
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)
- Lucy McBath (D-GA)
- Mike Carey (R-OH)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
- Jack Bergman (R-MI)
- Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY)
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL)
- Joe Neguse (D-CO)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
- Maxine Waters (D-CA)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Brittany Pettersen (D-CO)
- Greg Landsman (D-OH)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- Shontel M. Brown (D-OH)
- Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN)
- James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
- Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
- Brad Sherman (D-CA)
- Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Laura Friedman (D-CA)
- Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY)
- Patrick Ryan (D-NY)
- William R. Keating (D-MA)
- John W. Mannion (D-NY)
- Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Sanford D. Bishop (D-GA)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Ed Case (D-HI)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- Robert Garcia (D-CA)
- Scott H. Peters (D-CA)
- Gabe Amo (D-RI)
- Sarah McBride (D-DE)
- Lois Frankel (D-FL)
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Eric Sorensen (D-IL)
- Pete Aguilar (D-CA)
- Nellie Pou (D-NJ)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- April McClain Delaney (D-MD)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- Kathy Castor (D-FL)
- Kim Schrier (D-WA)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
- John Garamendi (D-CA)
- Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI)
- Donald G. Davis (D-NC)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (D-GA)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- J. Luis Correa (D-CA)
- Mike Levin (D-CA)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM)
- Greg Casar (D-TX)
- Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Veronica Escobar (D-TX)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- James P. McGovern (D-MA)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Wesley Bell (D-MO)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros (D-CA)
Passage votes so far· Jun 9, 2026· 119th Congress · 2025–2027