On June 9, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408), a bipartisan bill aimed at accelerating negotiations for initial collective bargaining agreements under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
The Faster Labor Contracts Act, like its failed predecessor Employee Free Choice Act, would require that after as few as 120 of days of negotiations and mediation, a first contract’s terms would be decided by a three-person arbitration panel.
In the final days of the spring legislative session, Illinois lawmakers moved quickly to pass legislation aimed at prohibiting disparate-impact discrimination in employment.
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