{"id":2519178,"date":"2025-12-09T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teamsters-boss-pushes-bipartisan-union-legislation\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:24:46","slug":"teamsters-boss-pushes-bipartisan-union-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teamsters-boss-pushes-bipartisan-union-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Teamsters boss pushes bipartisan union legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteamsters-boss-pushes-bipartisan-union-legislation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2519178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teamsters President Sean O&#8217;Brien is shifting focus from the stalled, ambitious Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to advocating for the more moderate, bipartisan Faster Labor Contracts Act. The PRO Act, which sought sweeping labor reforms and was backed by former presidents Obama and Biden, failed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-to-put-forward-2022-budget-plan-suggests-it-could-eliminate-deficit-in-5-years\/\" title=\"House GOP to put forward 2022 budget plan, suggests it could eliminate deficit in 5 ...\">gain bipartisan support<\/a>, notably from Republicans. In contrast, the Faster Labor Contracts Act aims to expedite collective bargaining by requiring employers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amber-heard-tells-jurors-people-want-to-kill-my-baby-in-the-microwave\/\" title=\"Amber Heard Tells Jurors: \u201cPeople Want to Kill My Baby in the Microwave\u201d\">negotiate contracts<\/a> within 10 days of union formation votes, addressing a major frustration for workers under current law. Supported by senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), as well as representatives Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Pete stauber (R-MN), this legislation has a greater chance of passage as it focuses on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >achievable pro-worker reforms<\/a> rather than broad changes opposed by many Republicans.O&#8217;Brien and the Teamsters are optimistic this bipartisan effort could represent the first significant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-nominee-dismisses-job-losses-from-bidens-economic-plan\/\" title=\"... Nominee Dismisses Job Losses from ...\u2019s Economic Plan\">labor reform<\/a> benefiting workers in decades.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Teamsters president turns to bipartisan union legislation as PRO Act falls to wayside<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2415603\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/teamsters\">Teamsters<\/a>&nbsp;President Sean O&rsquo;Brien is pushing hard for new bipartisan union legislation and acknowledged that the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, the sweeping overhaul sought by organized labor for years, is largely in the rear-view mirror.<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Brien laid out his hopes for the more modest Faster Labor Contracts Act, a bipartisan bill that would speed up the process of reaching labor agreements, in an interview with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in his office overlooking the Capitol in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\">Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3911442\/john-thune-obamacare-subsidies-democratic-bill\/\">Thune eyes possibility of &#8216;serious&#8217; Obamacare talks once Democratic bill fails<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3911211\/senate-democrats-push-reprimand-nick-fuentes-tucker-carlson\/\">Senate Democrats push to reprimand Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3909834\/duckworth-murder-double-tap-boat-strike-survivors\/\">Duckworth accuses US of murder over &#8216;double tap&#8217; on boat strike survivors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3908112\/teamsters-chief-brands-amazon-corporate-white-collar-crime-syndicate\/\"><strong>TEAMSTERS CHIEF BRANDS AMAZON A &lsquo;CORPORATE WHITE-COLLAR CRIME SYNDICATE&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The PRO Act, ambitious legislation that included a wish list of labor measures, was pushed hard by organized labor and backed by former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a>, but never came to fruition, in large part because of strong Republican opposition.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You look at the last two administrations, whether it was[formerPresident[formerPresident<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\">Barack]Obama<\/a> or Biden,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Brien said, &ldquo;under Obama, our biggest issue in labor was the Employee Free Choice Act, which basically evolved into the PRO Act under the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\">Biden administration<\/a> &mdash; and none of it ever went anyway. You couldn&rsquo;t get bipartisan support on any of it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The PRO Act? Never going to be embraced bipartisan,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Brien added.<\/p>\n<p>But O&rsquo;Brien and the Teamsters are now hopeful that the Faster Labor Contracts Act, a provision that was pulled from the PRO Act, will succeed. He said it would mark the first major pro-worker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/labor\">labor<\/a> reform in decades.<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Brien said the Teamsters have thrown their full support behind the effort and expressed optimism that the legislation could make it across the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the end, we&rsquo;re just going to keep working it, and hopefully it&rsquo;ll get done, and that&rsquo;ll be huge &mdash; I mean, that&rsquo;ll be the really first labor reform in about 30 years,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Brien said, clarifying that he means labor reform that is geared toward aiding workers and not corporations.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation would require employers to collectively bargain with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ups-fires-about-35-newly-organized-us-workers-teamsters-union-says\/\" title=\"UPS terminates ap...ximately 35 recently ...ized American employees, according to ... ...\">newly organized workers<\/a> within 10 days of them voting to form their union. Current law doesn&rsquo;t impose a negotiation deadline despite requiring workers and employers to bargain in good faith.<\/p>\n<p>Kara Deniz, a spokeswoman for the Teamsters, further emphasized to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> how the Teamsters are embracing the new legislation over the PRO Act.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is sponsored by Sens. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-hawley\/\">Josh Hawley<\/a> (R-MO) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cory-booker\/\">Cory Booker<\/a> (D-NJ) on the Senate side and Reps. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Pete Stauber (R-MN) on the House side.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The PRO Act is trotted out in election years for scorecards, not results,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It contains everything but the kitchen sink. Republicans will not agree to pass it, and Democrats know that going in. Recognizing what&rsquo;s politically possible, the Teamsters met with Sen. Hawley to work together on the Faster Labor Contracts Act, real bipartisan legislation that will actually pass.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Brien said that his group started working on the bill with Hawley before the election. &ldquo;So this was something like, &lsquo;Hey, if we collaborate on this, this is good for working people,&#8217;&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Monday that he has been pushing Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-cassidy\/\">Bill Cassidy<\/a> (R-LA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, to include the legislation in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3879903\/republicans-plan-first-major-legislative-reform-labor-laws-decades\/\">tranche of labor bills<\/a> he is planning to mark up.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve made clear to him, this is a priority for me,&rdquo; Hawley said. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t imagine I would support labor bills that don&rsquo;t have that in it. I mean, it&rsquo;s the No. 1 priority of labor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When the legislation was introduced, Stauber said that, after voting to form a union, workers often face &ldquo;silence or stalling tactics&rdquo; from employers when negotiating their first union contract.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a former police officer who organized my union, I&rsquo;ve seen firsthand how unfair and frustrating this process can be for some,&rdquo; he said. <\/p>\n<p>The PRO Act contained a number of provisions that many Republicans vociferously opposed. It would have enacted sweeping changes to the employment landscape, including adjusting what kinds of workers can be classified as independent contractors. Corporations such as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/uber\/\">Uber <\/a>might have been compelled to place workers on its payroll instead of just paying them for the services provided by drivers.<\/p>\n<p>The act would have also essentially ended right-to-work laws, which have been enacted in more than two dozen states and stop unions from requiring that employees pay dues or fees. Employees who benefit from a collective bargaining agreement would have been compelled to contribute to the union, according to the PRO Act.<\/p>\n<p>But O&rsquo;Brien said that the Faster Labor Contracts Act is something that members of both parties can get behind and that it will hopefully be signed into law by President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3909146\/teamsters-president-praise-trump-labor-secretary-vance\/\">TEAMSTERS PRESIDENT OFFERS PRAISE FOR TRUMP LABOR SECRETARY AND VANCE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Brien pointed out that no Republican senators signed onto the PRO Act, a far cry from the 60-vote majority that is typically needed to pass legislation in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\">Senate<\/a>. Plus, just a few GOP House members supported it. O&rsquo;Brien sees this new bipartisan legislation as a whole different ball game.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, it&rsquo;s a realistic proposal that can be embraced by both parties,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teamsters chief backs bipartisan union bill as PRO Act fades<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3360,"featured_media":2519179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP24031729297853.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3667,4832,19459,68492],"class_list":["post-2519178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-bipartisan","tag-labor","tag-teamsters","tag-union-legislation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP24031729297853.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2519178"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2519186,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519178\/revisions\/2519186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2519179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2519178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2519178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2519178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}