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. Jim McGovern
MA
2 Democrat No
Rep. Jamie Raskin
MD
8 Democrat No
Rep. Bill Foster
IL
11 Democrat No
Rep. Susie Lee
NV
3 Democrat No
Rep. Kurt Schrader
OR
5 Democrat No
Rep. Joaquín Castro
TX
20 Democrat No
Rep. A. Donald McEachin
VA
4 Democrat No
Rep. Mike Quigley
IL
5 Democrat No
Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr.
GA
2 Democrat No
Rep. Barbara Lee
CA
12 Democrat No
Rep. Joe Cunningham
SC
1 Democrat Yes
Rep. Ilhan Omar
MN
5 Democrat No
Rep. Brad Schneider
IL
10 Democrat No
Rep. Kathy Castor
FL
14 Democrat No
Rep. Betty McCollum
MN
4 Democrat No
Rep. David E. Price
NC
4 Democrat No
Rep. Haley Stevens
MI
11 Democrat No
Rep. Al Lawson
FL
5 Democrat No
Rep. Peter J. Visclosky
IN
1 Democrat No
Rep. Henry Cuellar
TX
28 Democrat Yes