Joseph Lyman Fisher on Labor & Wages

DemocratVA

Labor & Wages84 votes · 86.5/100 consistent

Worker priorityEmployer priority

114 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Labor & Wages. 84 of them counted toward the score above: 55 toward “Worker priority” and 29 toward “Employer priority”.

The other 30 did not count: 29 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
1976-07-28	TO AMEND H.R. 13555, BY MAKING INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS LIABLE FOR VIOLATION OF FEDERAL HEALTH MINING HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS.H.R. 13555 · 94th Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1976-07-27	TO AMEND H.R. 13555, BY RETAINING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE MINING ENFORCEMENT AND SAFETY ADMINISTRATION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, INSTEAD OF MOVING IT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.H.R. 13555 · 94th Congress	Nay	Worker priority
1976-07-20	TO PASS H.R. 10210.H.R. 10210 · 94th Congress	Yea	Worker priority
1976-07-20	TO AMEND H.R. 10210, BY REQUIRING STATES TO PAY A WEEKLY BENEFIT EQUAL TO 50% OF THE CLAIMANT'S WEEKLY WAGE, UP TO 2/3 OF THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE IN COVERED EMPLOYMENT.H.R. 10210 · 94th Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1976-07-20	TO AMEND H.R. 10210, BY REDUCING THE TAXABLE WAGE BASE TO $6,000 FROM $8,000.H.R. 10210 · 94th Congress	Nay	Worker priority
1976-07-20	TO AMEND H.R. 10210, BY STRIKING LANGUAGE WHICH REQUIRES COVERAGE OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.H.R. 10210 · 94th Congress	Nay	Worker priority
1976-06-24	TO AMEND H.R. 14232, BY PROHIBITING FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THE ISSUANCE OF FIRST INSTANCE CITATIONS FOR OSHA VIOLATIONS AGAINST SMALL BUSINESSES EMPLOYING 10 OR FEWER PERSONS.H.R. 14232 · 94th Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1976-06-24	TO AMEND H.R. 14232, BY EXEMPTING FARMING OPERATIONS EMPLOYING TEN OR LESS INDIVIDUALS FROM OSHA REGULATIONS.H.R. 14232 · 94th Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1976-06-24	TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT FOR THE SKUBITZ AMENDMENT (SEE R.C. 447) TO H.R. 14232. THE FORD AMENDMENT EXEMPTS FARMING OPERATIONS EMPLOYING FIVE OR LESS PERSONS FROM OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA) REGULATIONS.H.R. 14232 · 94th Congress	Nay	Worker priority
1975-10-23	TO PASS H.R. 8672, EMERGENCY RAIL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1975.H.R. 8672 · 94th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1975-10-07	TO PASS H.R. 9500, A BILL TO STABILIZE LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.H.R. 9500 · 94th Congress	Yea	Worker priority
1975-07-24	TO PASS H.R. 8714, A BILL TO AMEND THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT ACT TO INCREASE UNEMPLOYMENT AND SICKNESS BENEFITS.H.R. 8714 · 94th Congress	Yea	Worker priority
1975-06-10	TO PASS H.J.RES. 492, MAKING URGENT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT FOR FISCAL 1975.H.J.Res. 492 · 94th Congress	Yea	Worker priority
1975-05-21	TO PASS H.R. 6900, THE EMERGENCY COMPENSATION AND SPECIAL UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACT.H.R. 6900 · 94th Congress	Yea	Worker 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.