Giving unions a chance to push back against powerful corporations on equal terms.
Support unions in pushing back against powerful corporations on equal terms.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Sponsor: Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (Introduced 03/08/2023). Summary: this bill prohibits an employer from terminating or altering employer-provided health insurance during a lockout or lawful strike and establishes civil penalties.
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Sponsor: Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (Introduced 05/21/2025). Latest Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. The bill would prohibit employers from terminating coverage during a lockout or lawful strike.
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"Workers have a right to strike, and we have to defend that right by protecting workers from unfair strike-breaking tactics," said Congressman Deluzio. "No company should be able to hold a worker’s health – or the well-being of their family – hostage during a labor dispute. We need a level playing field..."
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Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]* is listed as an original cosponsor of H.R.2736, the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2025, which concerns public-sector collective bargaining rights.
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Sponsor: Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (Introduced 06/03/2025). The bill lists Deluzio as sponsor and includes a set of cosponsors; it targets corporate wrongdoing and accountability.
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Sponsor: Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (Introduced 06/14/2024). The bill is in the Labor and Employment policy area and would extend OSHA-style protections to public sector workers.
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On May 22, 2026, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved H.R. 8870, the BUILD America 250 Act; the committee said the bill improves rail safety and provides the first ever autonomous commercial motor vehicle framework.
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The May 27, 2026 press-release listing says Deluzio joined a town hall at United Steelworkers headquarters and spoke with union members and retirees about an American trade policy that puts workers and communities ahead of profit.
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The June 4, 2026 press-release listing says Deluzio's Railway Safety Act passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 21 and was headed to the House floor.
Assessments
Deluzio has materially supported unions in office through repeated labor-oriented legislative action and public advocacy, including sponsoring bills to protect striking workers’ health coverage, backing collective-bargaining legislation, and advancing anti-corporate accountability and rail-safety measures. But the evidence shows committee progress, introductions, referrals, and advocacy rather than enacted federal changes that clearly delivered unions equal bargaining terms against powerful corporations. In federal office-context terms, this is meaningful same-term effort and partial advancement, not full delivery.
Deluzio fulfilled the support-oriented promise through repeated concrete pro-labor actions in the same congressional term: sponsoring bills to protect striking and locked-out workers' health coverage, backing collective bargaining legislation, introducing public-sector worker protections, and publicly framing these measures as creating a more equal bargaining field against employers. The record shows active legislative and public support for unions and workers against corporate power, even though several measures were not enacted.