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 ascending District Party Vote
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
TX
18 Democrat No
Rep. Will Hurd
TX
23 Republican Yes
Rep. William M. Thornberry
TX
13 Republican Yes
Rep. Joaquín Castro
TX
20 Democrat No
Rep. Roger Williams
TX
25 Republican Yes
Rep. Henry Cuellar
TX
28 Democrat Yes
Rep. Kay Granger
TX
12 Republican Yes
Rep. Van Taylor
TX
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Veronica Escobar
TX
16 Democrat No
Rep. Dan Crenshaw
TX
2 Republican Yes
Rep. Lance Gooden
TX
5 Republican Yes
Rep. John Carter
TX
31 Republican Yes
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez
TX
34 Democrat No
Rep. Jim Cooper
TN
5 Democrat No
Rep. Scott DesJarlais
TN
4 Republican Yes
Rep. Tim Burchett
TN
2 Republican Yes
Rep. Steve Cohen
TN
9 Democrat No
Rep. David Kustoff
TN
8 Republican Yes
Rep. John Rose
TN
6 Republican Yes
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann
TN
3 Republican Yes