{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/-media-advisory-for-wednesday-september-23-2026-at-12pm-", "*** MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2026 AT 12PM ***", "2026-09-22", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "NJ", "Cory A. Booker", "B001288", "www.booker.senate.gov", "booker", "https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "Booker, Cortez Masto, Culinary Union to Call for Senate Passage of Bipartisan Faster Labor Contracts Act\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 On Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and members of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 will host a press conference to call on the Senate to pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act legislation that would guarantee workers who vote to form a union a first contract without years of delay.\n\nWorkers who vote to unionize currently wait well over a year on average for a first contract, and many never get one at all. The Faster Labor Contracts Act would require employers to begin bargaining within 10 days of a union\u2019s request, bring in federal mediation if no agreement is reached within 90 days, and send the dispute arbitration if mediation fails. The House passed the bill in June by a vote of 230-193 with the support of 20 Republicans after a discharge petition forced a floor vote. The Senate companion, led by Sen. Booker and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), is now awaiting action.\n\nWHO:\n\nU.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), lead Democratic sponsor of the Faster Labor Contracts Act\n\nU.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)\n\nTed Pappageorge, Secretary-Treasurer, Culinary Workers Union Local 226\n\nHospitality workers employed at Station Casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada\n\nWHAT: Press conference calling for the Senate Passage of the Faster Labor Contracts Act (S.844).\n\nWHEN: Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at 12:00PM\n\nWHERE: SVC 208\n\nPRESS PLEASE RSVP TO: press_@booker.senate.gov", 1, "2026-09-23T09:45:16Z", "2026-09-23T09:46:14Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/-media-advisory-for-wednesday-september-23-2026-at-12pm-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3401848264038563, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}