Express Carrier Employee Protection Act

H.R. 5330, the Express Carrier Employee Protection Act, would change which federal laws govern labor relations for employees of express delivery companies that use both aircraft and trucks. Under this bill, only specialized aviation personnel—such as pilots, aircraft mechanics, and dispatchers—would remain covered by the Railway Labor Act. All other employees, including drivers and package sorters, would instead be covered by the National Labor Relations Act, which governs most other private-sector workers in the United States. This shift would primarily affect how these employees organize unions and negotiate contracts, potentially aligning the labor rules for express delivery workers with those of competitors in the general trucking and shipping industries.