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 Sort descending State Party Vote
Sen. Dean Heller
NV
Republican Yes
Sen. John Hoeven
ND
Republican Yes
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
TX
Republican Yes
Sen. James M. Inhofe
OK
Republican Yes
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye
HI
Democrat No
Sen. Johnny Isakson
GA
Republican Yes
Sen. Mike Johanns
NE
Republican Yes
Sen. Ron Johnson
WI
Republican Yes
Sen. Tim Johnson
SD
Democrat No
Sen. John Kerry
MA
Democrat No
Sen. Mark Steven Kirk
IL
Republican Not Voting
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
MN
Democrat No
Sen. Herb Kohl
WI
Democrat No
Sen. Jon Kyl
AZ
Republican Yes
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu
LA
Democrat No
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg
NJ
Democrat No
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy
VT
Democrat No
Sen. Mike Lee
UT
Republican Yes
Sen. Carl Levin
MI
Democrat No
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman
CT
Independent Independent No