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. Andy Kim
NJ
3 Democrat No
Rep. Ron Kind
WI
3 Democrat No
Rep. Susie Lee
NV
3 Democrat No
Rep. Daniel Lipinski
IL
3 Democrat No
Rep. Frank D. Lucas
OK
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Justin Amash
MI
3 Independent Independent Yes
Rep. Cynthia Axne
IA
3 Democrat No
Rep. Jim Banks
IN
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Joyce Beatty
OH
3 Democrat No
Rep. Greg Murphy
NC
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Earl Blumenauer
OR
3 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