He is supporting legislation to stop union-busting efforts and stand up against extreme Republicans working to roll back labor protections.
He supports legislation to stop union-busting efforts and roll back attacks on labor protections.
Occurrences
Evidence
In the House of Representatives on September 16, 2025, H.R. 5408 was introduced 'to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act.' The bill text lists 'Mr. Kennedy of New York' among the original members supporting the measure.
The bill text says it would 'affirm an agreement' and 'nullify certain Executive orders that relate to collective bargaining by employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.' The introduced bill includes 'Mr. Kennedy of New York' among the members backing it.
Kennedy said the executive order stripping collective bargaining rights was 'union-busting' and pledged, 'I will continue fighting ... to protect collective bargaining, defend our public service workforce, and ensure that every worker has a voice on the job.'
Assessments
The promise was framed as supporting legislation to counter union-busting and protect labor rights, not necessarily securing final enactment. In his current federal House term, Kennedy backed multiple bills directly aimed at protecting collective bargaining and strengthening labor protections, including measures addressing NLRA contract timing and VA employee bargaining rights. Because the promised action was legislative support and he materially took that action in office, this counts as delivered in the same term, even though the broader policy outcomes do not appear to have become law.
Kennedy took same-term federal action consistent with the promise by backing House legislation aimed at strengthening labor protections, accelerating first-contract negotiations, and resisting executive actions against collective bargaining rights. The evidence shows material support and public advocacy, but not enactment or a completed rollback of union-busting efforts or attacks on labor protections, so the promised policy outcome was not fully delivered.
The promise was to support legislation and efforts opposing union-busting and attacks on labor protections, not necessarily to secure enactment. During the same term, Kennedy backed labor-protection legislation including H.R. 5408 to accelerate first-contract negotiations and H.R. 6015 to protect collective bargaining rights for VA workers, and publicly opposed executive action he characterized as union-busting. These actions satisfy the promised support.