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In Case You Missed It, the House passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA), legislation that allows government-mandated arbitrators to impose a union contract on workers and employers without their say. Over 350 organizations voiced their concern about the bill.
 
The General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board testified to the Committee that initial contract negotiations take time. She also stated how the current voluntary bargaining process helps employees in the union gather information and put together a proposal.
 
Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) correctly described the legislation as “an ideological Trojan horse that harms the very people it claims to help.”
 
The Wall Street Journal voiced yet another concern—Big Labor’s push for companies to provide abortions and gender-contradicting care as part of its union contract.

A GOP Gift to the Cultural Left
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board
June 15, 2026

The U.S. House is still run by Republicans, though it’s hard to tell based on recent results…
 
…The bill shifts the balance of power to labor unions in collective bargaining since they know an arbitrator will step in and dictate a settlement if the parties reach an impasse after 120 days. Arbitrators tend to use industry standards in their judgments, which may not be appropriate for an individual firm. That means less incentive for union chiefs to compromise, and less power for individual workers who will have no say in arbitration.
 
We wonder if Republicans know what they’ve voted for—and not merely on wages or pensions…
 
In 2012 the Service Employees International Union unanimously approved a resolution “calling on local unions to bargain for trans-inclusive healthcare.” The NewsGuild of New York/Communications Workers of America said in 2022 it “unequivocally supports access to abortion as a healthcare right.”
 
…Big Labor couldn’t pass the FLCA as part of the Pro Act in the Biden years, and let’s hope the GOP Senate can kill it now. Republicans think they’re burnishing their populist credentials, but they’re selling out their constituents to the progressive left.
 
Read the full editorial here.