Introduced by Democratic Rep. Donald Norcross of New Jersey, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, passed with a resounding 230-193 vote.
“Newly-unionized workers shouldn't have to wait years for their first contract. I appreciate my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for coming together to take this enormous step,” Norcross, an electrician by trade and a union member, said after the Tuesday vote.
“The right of workers to form a union and collectively bargain is crucial to improving wages, hours, working conditions, and so much more. I know because I’ve lived it,” Stauber said.
Carlos Gimenez and Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida; Riley Moore of West Virginia; Jefferson Van Drew and Christopher Smith of New Jersey; Brian Fitzpatrick and Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania; Don Bacon of Nebraska, and Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin also voted in favor.
“This bipartisan legislation helps ensure the collective bargaining process moves forward in good faith and that workers have a meaningful opportunity to secure the benefits and protections they voted for,” he added, in a statement after the vote.
"I am trying to find a fair balance when it comes to management and labor,” Bacon said of his vote in an emailed statement to TIME.
The legislation requires employers to begin contract negotiations no later than 10 days after receiving a written request for collective bargaining from an individual or labor organization.
Nelson Lichtenstein, a research professor of U.S. labor history at University of California, Santa Barbara, tells TIME “there's a realization out there, which transcends the labor movement, transcends even liberalism, that this (current) system is really broken, and corporations are taking advantage of it.”
Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan, who chairs the Education and Workforce Committee, sharply opposed the bill on the floor, arguing it takes power away from the workers.
“Let's call this bill what it really is, a massive expansion of Washington's power over American workers and job creators. It is the latest attempt to put workers under the thumb of federal bureaucrats,” he argued.
Despite the opposition, the bill passed after being advanced through a discharge petition, a procedural maneuver that allows members to bypass House leadership and force a vote if they secure majority support.
More recently, it was used to approve a bill providing new aid to Ukraine while imposing additional sanctions on Russia.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon, a member of the Labor Caucus, called it “a big win for workers across America.”
“This bill is designed to move the needle a little bit more in the favor of unionization,” Lichtenstein says, as it is “putting pressure on the company.”
The measure now heads to the Senate, where it faces notably steeper odds.
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