Harry Flood Byrd Jr. on Labor & Wages

IndependentVA

Labor & Wages85 votes · 51/100 consistent

Worker priorityEmployer priority

118 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Labor & Wages. 85 of them counted toward the score above: 27 toward “Worker priority” and 58 toward “Employer priority”.

The other 33 did not count: 32 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 1 was one they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
1974-03-07	TO AMEND S. 2747 BY EXEMPTING FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN FROM COVERAGE OF SO-CALLED OVERTIME REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT.S. 2747 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Worker priority
1974-03-07	TO AMEND S. 2747 BY REQUIRING THE PAYMENT OF MINIMUM WAGE RATES TO DOMESTIC UNLESS THEIR COMPENSATION IS LESS THAN $200 IN ANY CALENDER QUARTER.S. 2747 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Worker priority
1974-03-05	TO AMEND S. 2747 BY INCREASING MINIMUM WAGE TO $2.30 INSTEAD OF $2.20.S. 2747 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1974-03-05	TO TABLE SEN. BUCKLEY'S AMENDMENT TO S. 2747, A BILL INCREASING THE HOURLY MINIMUM WAGE RATE. THE BUCKLEY AMENDMENT WOULD REPEAL THE ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ACT AND THEREBY ABOLISH WAGE AND PRICE CONTROLS.S. 2747 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1973-12-04	TO TABLE SENATOR DOMINICK'S AMENDMENT TO H.R. 11324, PROPOSING USE OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ON A YEARROUND BASIS UNTIL APRIL 1975. SENATOR DOMINICK'S AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE AMENDED THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT RELATIVE TO THE MINIMUM WAGE.H.R. 11324 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1973-08-02	TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 7935, THE FAIR LABOR STANDARD AMENDMENTS OF 1973, EXTENDING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES AND RAISING IT TO $2.20.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-07-31	TO PASS S. 1560, A BILL TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1971.S. 1560 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-07-31	TO AMEND S. 1560, A BILL TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1971. THE AMENDMENT IS IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE BILL, WHICH DIFFERS FROM THE ORIGINAL BILL BY ADDING "PRESISTENCY" OF UNEMPLOYMENT AS A CRITERION RECEIVING AID.S. 1560 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-07-19	TO PASS H.R. 7935, EXTENDING MINIMUM WAGE COVERAGE TO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES AND INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $2.20 (THE COMPANION MEASURE OF THE SENATE WAS S. 1861)H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-07-19	TO AMEND IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE, THE COOK AMENDMENT TO S. 1861. THE COOK AMENDMENT WOULD REINSTATE IN THE ACT A PROVISION EXEMPTING SMALL RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH MAKE OR PROCESS ANY PART OF THE GOODS THEY SELL (E.G, BAKERS) FROM MINIMUM WAGE AND OVERTIME PROVISIONS. THE WILLIAMS AMENDMENT WOULD ELIMINATE THIS EXEMPTION.S. 1861 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-07-19	TO STRIKE FROM S. 1861 SECTIONS ADDING DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES TO MINIMUM WAGE OR OVERTIME PROVISIONS.S. 1861 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-07-19	TO AMEND S. 1861 SO AS TO ALLOW PERSONS OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE TO BE EMPLOYED AT NOT LESS THAN 85% OF THE APPLICABLE MINIMUM WAGE.S. 1861 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Worker priority
1973-07-19	TO AMEND S. 1861 SO AS TO INCREASE FROM $250,000 TO $325,000 SMALL BUSINESS EXEMPTIONS FOR RETAIL AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS.S. 1861 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-07-18	TO AMEND S. 1861 SO AS TO ALLOW PRICE ADJUSTMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, THE SUPPLIES OF WHICH ARE REDUCED TO UNACCEPTABLY LOW LEVELS AS A RESULT OF THE PRICE FREEZE.S. 1861 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-07-18	TO AMEND S. 1861, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BILL. THE SUBSTITUTE REDUCES THE PROPOSED INCREASE AND NARROWS THE PROPOSED EXTENSIONS OF MINIMUM WAGE COVERAGE.S. 1861 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-07-17	TO AMEND S. 18861, A BILL EXTENDING MINIMUM WAGE COVERAGE TO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES AND INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $2.20 AN HOUR, SO AS TO PROVIDE LESSER INCREMENT INCREASES IN THE MINIMUM WAGE.S. 1861 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-05-16	TO PASS S. 1423.S. 1423 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-05-16	TO AMEND S. 1423, A BILL TO PERMIT EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO JOINT LABOR-MANAGEMENT FUNDS FOR FINANCING LEGAL SERVICES, WHICH SOUGHT TO PROVIDE THAT BARGAINING OVER SUCH EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS BE PERMISSIVE RATHER THAN MANDATORY.S. 1423 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Worker priority / Employer priority axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.