WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans for Prosperity strongly opposes the passage of the Faster Labor Contracts Act, legislation that expands federal control over private-sector labor negotiations and undermines the ability of workers and employers to reach voluntary agreements.
This legislation empowers government-directed arbitration panels to impose binding labor contracts when negotiations fail to meet accelerated, federally imposed deadlines. By doing so, it replaces voluntary bargaining with government-mandated outcomes and shifts core workplace decisions away from workers and employers and into the hands of federal bureaucratic processes.
Brent Gardner, Chief of Government Affairs at Americans for Prosperity issued the following statement:
“There is nothing pro-worker about a system that allows third-party arbiters to unilaterally impose contract terms on both employees and employers. At its core, this approach weakens individual choice, reduces workplace flexibility, and risks entrenching one-size-fits-all outcomes that do not reflect the needs of workers, businesses, or local economies.
“At a time when American families continue to face rising costs and economic uncertainty, policies should focus on expanding opportunity, strengthening worker choice, and encouraging productive collaboration in the workplace. Instead, the Faster Labor Contracts Act moves in the opposite direction by increasing regulatory rigidity and limiting meaningful participation in the negotiation process.”
In April, AFP sent a letter to Congressional opposing all efforts to advance the Faster Labor Contracts Act.
Americans for Prosperity will continue to advocate for policies that protect worker freedom, preserve voluntary agreements, and ensure that individuals—not government-imposed mandates—remain at the center of workplace decision-making.
AFP will also continue to oppose this legislation strongly as it advances to the Senate.