APCA forcefully opposed the Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408) in a June 4 letter to the entire U.S House of Representatives. Bill supporters are attempting to advance the bill through a discharge petition, a rare legislative maneuver that forces a bill out of committee and onto the floor for a vote, bypassing House leadership and committee chairs.

"APCA views this effort as a clear attempt to circumvent committee jurisdiction and compress consideration of a major structural change to the National Labor Relations Act into an expedited floor process without the benefit of full committee vetting, stakeholder input, or a Congressional Budget Office analysis," the letter read.

"Substantively, the FLCA would replace the NLRA’s established good-faith bargaining framework with a federally mandated timetable culminating in binding interest arbitration. Under current law, the bargaining process is intentionally flexible, allowing employers and unions to negotiate terms that reflect industry-specific realities, including capital structure, project cycles, and workforce requirements. That framework is reinforced by existing National Labor Relations Board enforcement mechanisms in cases of bad-faith bargaining."