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. Thomas Suozzi
NY
3 Democrat No
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann
TN
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Van Taylor
TX
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Scott Tipton
CO
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Ruben Gallego
AZ
3 Democrat No
Rep. Lori Trahan
MA
3 Democrat No
Rep. Michael Guest
MS
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Steve Womack
AR
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler 3 Republican Yes
Rep. John Yarmuth
KY
3 Democrat No
Rep. Clay Higgins
LA
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Ted Yoho
FL
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Jim Himes
CT
4 Democrat No
Rep. Steven Horsford
NV
4 Democrat No
Rep. Bill Huizenga
MI
4 Republican Yes
Rep. Hank Johnson
GA
4 Democrat No
Rep. Mike Johnson
LA
4 Republican Yes
Rep. Jim Jordan
OH
4 Republican Yes
Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III
MA
4 Democrat No
Rep. Steve King
IA
4 Republican Yes