Amendment to Prohibit Union Fair Share Agreements

Feb. 6, 2020 | H.AMDT. 776 tp H.R. 2474

This amendment by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) to the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 (H.R. 2474) would have stricken the provision requiring states to allow “fair share agreements” that make it possible for unions to represent all of the workers covered by the collective bargaining agreement. “Right to work” laws, which prohibit fair share agreements, are a relic of the Jim Crow South and allow big corporations to depress wages and benefits. This amendment failed on Feb. 6, 2020, and the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 passed the House that same day.

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Failed

YEAs: 186
NAYs: 235

Legislator State District Sort descending Party Vote
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
VA
11 Democrat No
Rep. Mikie Sherrill
NJ
11 Democrat No
Rep. Lloyd Smucker
PA
11 Republican Yes
Rep. Haley Stevens
MI
11 Democrat No
Rep. Bill Foster
IL
11 Democrat No
Rep. Marcia L. Fudge
OH
11 Democrat No
Rep. Daniel Webster
FL
11 Republican Not Voting
Rep. Nancy Pelosi
CA
11 Democrat Speaker
Rep. Barbara Lee
CA
12 Democrat No
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney
NY
12 Democrat No
Rep. Alma Adams
NC
12 Democrat No
Rep. Rick Allen
GA
12 Republican Yes
Rep. Troy Balderson
OH
12 Republican Yes
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
NY
12 Democrat No
Rep. Gus Bilirakis
FL
12 Republican Yes
Rep. Mike Bost
IL
12 Republican No
Rep. Rashida Tlaib
MI
12 Democrat No
Rep. Kay Granger
TX
12 Republican Yes
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
NJ
12 Democrat No
Rep. Fred Keller
PA
12 Republican Yes