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--> Employers May Soon Face a Hard Deadline on First Union Contracts: What You Need to Know about Faster Labor Contracts Act | Fisher Phillips - JDSupra Menu News & Insights Popular Labor & Employment Finance & Banking Intellectual Property Health & Healthcare Environmental Issues more… Business Insurance Commercial Real Estate Corporate Taxes Immigration Securities more… Personal Residential Real Estate Estate Planning Civil Rights Personal Taxes Bankruptcy more… Jump to: Latest Updates » Trending [ 7 ] [Survey] What do GC want from law firm guidance? Your input matters... [Hot Topic] Artificial Intelligence [Hot Topic] Employer Liability Issues Latest IMMIGRATION News & Updates Stay Informed: Popular Reads on JD Supra Meet JD Supra's Top Authors! Build a Morning News Digest: Easy, Custom Content, Free! Browse All Law News Topics » Find Author By Business Matters Labor & Employment Finance & Banking Intellectual Property Insurance Taxes See All Subjects » --> By Personal Issues Civil Rights Family Matters Personal Injury Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning Worker’s Compensation See All Subjects » --> By Location California New York Texas Canada United Kingdom See All Locations » --> Subscribe Custom Email Digests Build a custom email digest by following topics, people, and firms published on JD Supra. X (formerly Twitter) RSS Feeds for Publishers For Reporters My Account Log In May 27, 2026 Employers May Soon Face a Hard Deadline on First Union Contracts: What You Need to Know about Faster Labor Contracts Act Steven Bernstein , Rick Grimaldi , Todd Lyon , Joshua Nadreau Fisher Phillips + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact LinkedIn Facebook X Send Embed To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: A bipartisan bill that would impose strict federal timelines and mandatory binding arbitration on first union contract negotiations is now on a fast track to becoming law. The Faster Labor Contracts Act, which would amend the National Labor Relations Act for the first time in over 50 years and cause a sea change in the country’s established labor dynamic that has stood the test of time for almost a century, just cleared a major procedural hurdle and could reach the House floor in early June. And the way things are shaping up, there’s a real chance this bill could pass Congress and get signed into law in the near future. Here’s what’s happening and what employers need to do while we wait. How We Got Here The NLRA currently imposes no timeline for reaching a first contract, allowing employers to negotiate for months, or even years, in order to hammer out a fair deal. But opponents of the status quo point to data showing workers are forced to wait an average of 458 days before obtaining a first union contract. H.R. 5408, also known as the Faster Labor Contracts Act , was introduced in the House last year by Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.). On May 20, 

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