House Republicans Break Ranks to Support Dem-Led Pro-Union Bill

House Republicans sided with Democrats on a union-friendly piece of legislation in a rare win for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) earlier this week.

Twenty Republicans backed the bill introduced by Democratic Rep. Donald Norcross of New Jersey on Thursday. The Faster Labor Contracts Act passed on a vote of 230-193.

The measure seeks to amend the National Labor Relations Act with the goal of speeding contract negotiations between newly-unionized workplaces and their employees.

“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, who is an electician and a member of a union, said following Tuesday’s vote, per Time.

Republican Rep. Pete Stauber of Minnesota co-sponsored the bill when it was introduced in September.