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 Party Sort descending Vote
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
VA
11 Democrat No
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
TX
18 Democrat No
Rep. David Trone
MD
6 Democrat No
Rep. Ro Khanna
CA
17 Democrat No
Rep. Lori Trahan
MA
3 Democrat No
Rep. Ed Perlmutter
CO
7 Democrat No
Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III
MA
4 Democrat No
Rep. Cynthia Axne
IA
3 Democrat No
Rep. Dwight Evans
PA
3 Democrat No
Rep. Harley Rouda
CA
48 Democrat No
Rep. Zoe Lofgren
CA
18 Democrat No
Rep. Xochitl Torres Small
NM
2 Democrat No
Rep. Elissa Slotkin
MI
7 Democrat No
Rep. Grace Meng
NY
6 Democrat No
Rep. Jared Huffman
CA
2 Democrat No
Rep. Dave Loebsack
IA
2 Democrat No
Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr.
NJ
10 Democrat No
Rep. Peter J. Visclosky
IN
1 Democrat No
Rep. Albio Sires
NJ
8 Democrat No
Rep. Adriano Espaillat
NY
13 Democrat No