Amendment to Circumvent Collective Bargaining Agreements

Jun. 21, 2012 | S.Amdt. 2166 to S. 3240
Under the guise of "strengthening" workers' collective bargaining rights, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) offered an amendment to the Farm Bill that would give employers the right to circumvent provisions on wage increases in collective bargaining agreements, supposedly to allow for merit raises. But under current law, unions and employees can and often do link pay increases and performance as merit-based increases. Nothing in the RAISE Act links pay or benefit improvements to individual achievement or success; rather it eliminates current built-in protections against favoritism, cronyism, and arbitrary action by employers. The amendment was defeated.

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Failed

YEAs: 45
NAYs: 54

Legislator State Party Sort descending Vote
Sen. Carl Levin
MI
Democrat No
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
Democrat No
Sen. Jon Tester
MT
Democrat No
Sen. Kent Conrad
ND
Democrat No
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
MI
Democrat No
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy
VT
Democrat No
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg
NJ
Democrat No
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu
LA
Democrat No
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
NH
Democrat No
Sen. Herb Kohl
WI
Democrat No
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
NY
Democrat No
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
MN
Democrat No
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
Democrat No
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
Democrat No
Sen. John Kerry
MA
Democrat No
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
Democrat No
Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV
WV
Democrat No
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat No
Sen. Tim Johnson
SD
Democrat No
Sen. Harry Reid
NV
Democrat No