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 Sort descending District Party Vote
Rep. Denver Riggleman
VA
5 Republican Yes
Rep. Robert J. Wittman
VA
1 Republican Yes
Rep. Robert C. Scott
VA
3 Democrat No
Rep. Jennifer Wexton
VA
10 Democrat No
Rep. Donald Beyer
VA
8 Democrat No
Rep. Elaine Luria
VA
2 Democrat No
Rep. Abigail Spanberger
VA
7 Democrat No
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
VA
11 Democrat No
Sen. Peter Welch
VT
Democrat No
Rep. Pramila Jayapal 7 Democrat No
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers 5 Republican Yes
Rep. Rick Larsen 2 Democrat No
Rep. Kim Schrier 8 Democrat No
Rep. Dan Newhouse 4 Republican Yes
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler 3 Republican Yes
Rep. Denny Heck 10 Democrat No
Rep. Suzan K. DelBene 1 Democrat No
Rep. Adam Smith 9 Democrat No
Rep. Derek Kilmer 6 Democrat No
Rep. Glenn Grothman
WI
6 Republican Yes