| People’s World November 26, 2025 by Dom Shannon |
| New legislation aims for faster labor contracts to combat corporate union-busting |
| The “right” to a union is a hollow promise if the bosses can simply run out the clock. This is the lesson being taught to the 11,000 unionized Starbucks workers who, years after their historic votes to organize a union, are still struggling for a first contract. This corporate stonewalling, led first by CEO Howard Schultz and then Brian Niccol, is a classic union-busting tactic. It exposes a fundamental truth that workers trying to organize their shops know all too well—the legal right to collective bargaining means very little without the power, or political will, to enforce it. A new bipartisan bill, however, aims to shift this balance of power. The Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA), introduced by Representative Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), would make these delay tactics much harder for corporate management. The FLCA would amend the National Labor Relations Act to impose a strict timeline on negotiations, mirroring a key provision from the larger Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. |
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