A bill championed by the Teamsters, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, has passed a vote in the House of Representatives. If passed in the Senate and signed into law, the law will require employers to bargain with organized workers within ten days of their voting to form their union.

Representative Daniel Norcross, a union electrician and former head of the New Jersey AFL-CIO, filed a discharge petition, a maneuver that forces the House of Representatives to hold a vote on the bill.

The Faster Labor Contracts Act has also been introduced in the Senate by Cory Booker (D- NJ) and Josh Hawley (R-MO).

The bill has bipartisan support in the House and is gaining bipartisan support in the Senate.

“Securing the support needed to move the Faster Labor Contracts Act forward is a significant milestone for millions of Teamsters and workers across this country,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. 

“This is one of the most consequential labor bills to come before Congress in generations. It has the potential to hold Corporate America accountable for endlessly dragging out negotiations and denying workers the first union contracts they deserve.”