Despite labor support for President Trump, the legislation could advance workplace policies that directly conflict with administration priorities.
Sept. 1, 2026, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government today released findings in a new exposé, “The Faster Labor Contracts Act: Advancing the Union DEI Agenda”, revealing how a union-backed bill, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, moving through Congress would hand labor bosses a powerful new tool to impose radical diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) mandates, transgender workplace policies, and restrictions on cooperation with immigration enforcement — all without a worker vote.
This report is the latest in ALG’s series examining how union leadership continues to push priorities at odds with President Trump’s agenda and the concerns of many rank-and-file workers.
“Union contracts already cover wages, benefits, and work rules. But the Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA) would open the door to something far more radical. If no first contract is reached within just 120 days of unionization, the federal government steps in, appointing a panel of unelected arbitrators to write and impose a contract on both parties. Workers get no say, and there are no appeal rights,” Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano stated.
“That is an opening union bosses would not hesitate to exploit. Real-world contract language already in use shows exactly what could end up in those arbitrated agreements — more radical DEI mandates raising serious civil rights concerns, transgender workplace policies and restrictions federal immigration enforcement — with no way for employers, workers or the Trump Administration to stop it,” Romano added.
Take a contract from the Unite Here International Union, for example. The language already exists:
- The contract states that “to the extent permitted by law, the Employer will refuse to allow DHS to enter the workplace without a valid warrant” and that the employer “shall not verify non-probationary employees’ identities, immigration status, and authorization to work in the United States or social security numbers through E-Verify…unless required by law.”
- It also requires employers to “respect the stated names and pronouns of all employees regardless of any employment or legal documents.”
- And DEI is embedded directly into the agreement, which states that the parties will “agree to work collaboratively together as partners on various Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, programs, opportunities, and training.”
And it’s not just Unite Here. Across industries and campuses, the same playbook repeats:
- A standard United Food & Commercial Workers contract clause mandates that the employer will “change all legal and financial records so that all records use the names transgender workers choose and the pronouns they identify with,” including updating photographs and identification badges.
- An SEIU contract with the University of Washington requires affirmative action hiring goals for underrepresented groups, “even if that exclusion cannot be traced to particular discriminatory actions on the part of the Employer,” and quarterly diversity metrics reporting to union leadership.
- A United Auto Workers’ contract includes language on micro-aggressions, defining them as “everyday exchanges—including words and actions that denigrate and exclude individuals,” and requires universities to meet “up to three times per calendar year to evaluate progress on the joint goal of eliminating” them.
- The Chicago Teachers Union mandates “training sessions for all staff, focused on racial equity, gender equity,” and “trauma-informed education, at least once per year.”
“The Faster Labor Contracts Act would be a gift to union bosses and a betrayal of every worker who voted for President Trump in 2024,” said Romano. “It could force DEI and anti-immigration enforcement workplace policies into collective bargaining agreements that directly conflict with the administration’s priorities. Congress should reject it.”
To view online: https://getliberty.org/2026/09/new-report-faster-labor-contracts-act-advances-union-dei-agenda-through-politically-appointed-arbitrators/
Attachments:
“The Faster Labor Contracts Act: Advancing the Union DEI Agenda,” Sept. 1, 2026 at https://getliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/FLCA-Advancing-Union-DEI-Agenda-Sept-2026.pdf
For media availability, contact Americans for Limited Government at media@limitgov.org.
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