Putting American Workers First Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 5
- Latest action
- Nov 19, 2025
What it does
The Putting American Workers First Act would amend the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for employers to hire or for labor unions to represent individuals who are unauthorized aliens, as defined by immigration law. The bill affects employers and labor organizations, prohibiting them from employing or representing unauthorized aliens unless they have made a good-faith effort to verify the individual’s work authorization using an official employment verification system. It also clarifies that firing an unauthorized alien worker cannot be used as evidence of anti-union animus in labor disputes.
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.