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. John D. Rockefeller IV
WV
Democrat No
Sen. Marco Rubio
FL
Republican Yes
Sen. Bernard Sanders
VT
ID ID No
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
NY
Democrat No
Sen. Jeff Sessions
AL
Republican Yes
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
NH
Democrat No
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
AL
Republican Yes
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe
ME
Republican Yes
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
MI
Democrat No
Sen. Jon Tester
MT
Democrat No
Sen. John Thune
SD
Republican Yes
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey
PA
Republican Yes
Sen. Tom Udall
NM
Democrat No
Sen. Mark Udall
CO
Democrat No
Sen. David Vitter
LA
Republican Yes
Sen. Mark Warner
VA
Democrat No
Sen. Jim Webb
VA
Democrat No
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
Democrat No
Sen. Roger Wicker
MS
Republican Yes
Sen. Ron Wyden
OR
Democrat No