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. Steve King
IA
4 Republican Yes
Rep. Thomas Massie
KY
4 Republican Yes
Rep. Ben McAdams
UT
4 Democrat Yes
Rep. Betty McCollum
MN
4 Democrat No
Rep. Robert B. Aderholt
AL
4 Republican Yes
Rep. A. Donald McEachin
VA
4 Democrat No
Rep. James Baird
IN
4 Republican Yes
Rep. Gwen Moore
WI
4 Democrat No
Rep. Dan Newhouse 4 Republican Yes
Rep. Steven Palazzo
MS
4 Republican Yes
Rep. Anthony Brown
MD
4 Democrat No
Rep. Ken Buck
CO
4 Republican Yes
Rep. David E. Price
NC
4 Democrat No
Rep. John Ratcliffe
TX
4 Republican Yes
Rep. Kathleen Rice
NY
4 Democrat No
Rep. Tom Cole
OK
4 Republican Yes
Rep. Madeleine Dean
PA
4 Democrat No
Rep. Peter A. DeFazio
OR
4 Democrat No
Rep. Scott DesJarlais
TN
4 Republican Yes
Rep. Christopher H. Smith
NJ
4 Republican No