Amendment to Limit Federal Employees' Collective Bargaining Rights

Jun. 10, 2014 | H.R. 4745
This amendment would bar the use of funds provided by the bill to pay a federal employee during any period when that employee is using "official time" to represent a union or its bargaining unit employees. The Gingrey Amendment would serve no purpose but to erode collective bargaining rights for civil service federal employees at greater cost to American taxpayers. Union representation for employees working their way through administrative procedures is a cost-effective process for administrating and adjudicating agency policies. The alternative to official time is for government agencies to needlessly pay for costly third party attorney and arbitrator fees. Using this time for internal union business is strictly prohibited by law: under current law, official time may not be used to solicit membership, conduct internal union meetings, elect union officers, or engage in partisan political activities. The notion that official time is used for these purposes is blatantly false. The amendment was rejected.

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Failed

YEAs: 167
NAYs: 254

Legislator Sort descending State District Party Vote
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
FL
26 Republican No
Rep. John D. Dingell
MI
12 Democrat No
Rep. Lloyd Doggett
TX
37 Democrat No
Rep. Mike Doyle
PA
18 Democrat No
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
IL
Democrat No
Rep. Sean Duffy
WI
7 Republican Yes
Rep. John J. Duncan Jr.
TN
2 Republican Yes
Rep. Jeffrey Duncan
SC
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Donna Edwards
MD
4 Democrat No
Rep. Keith Ellison
MN
5 Democrat No
Rep. Renee Ellmers
NC
2 Republican Yes
Rep. Eliot L. Engel
NY
16 Democrat No
Rep. Bill Enyart
IL
12 Democrat No
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo
CA
16 Democrat No
Rep. Elizabeth Esty
CT
5 Democrat No
Rep. Blake Farenthold
TX
27 Republican Yes
Rep. Sam Farr
CA
20 Democrat No
Rep. Chaka Fattah
PA
2 Democrat No
Rep. Stephen Fincher
TN
8 Republican Yes
Rep. Michael G. Fitzpatrick
PA
8 Republican No