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. Bill Keating
MA
9 Democrat No
Rep. Suzan K. DelBene 1 Democrat No
Rep. Alcee L. Hastings
FL
20 Democrat No
Rep. Peter J. Visclosky
IN
1 Democrat No
Rep. Cedric Richmond
LA
2 Democrat No
Rep. Al Lawson
FL
5 Democrat No
Rep. Bennie Thompson
MS
2 Democrat No
Rep. David Scott
GA
13 Democrat No
Rep. Brenda Lawrence
MI
14 Democrat No
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
HI
2 Democrat Not Voting
Rep. Mike Thompson
CA
4 Democrat No
Rep. Steve Cohen
TN
9 Democrat No
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
NY
14 Democrat No
Rep. Marcy Kaptur
OH
9 Democrat No
Rep. Julia Brownley
CA
26 Democrat No
Rep. Kathleen Rice
NY
4 Democrat No
Rep. James E. Clyburn
SC
6 Democrat No
Rep. Tom O'Halleran
AZ
1 Democrat No
Rep. Robert C. Scott
VA
3 Democrat No
Rep. Anthony Brown
MD
4 Democrat No