Trent Lott on Labor & Wages

RepublicanMS

Labor & Wages299 votes · 80.2/100 consistent

Worker priorityEmployer priority

423 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Labor & Wages. 299 of them counted toward the score above: 77 toward “Worker priority” and 222 toward “Employer priority”.

The other 124 did not count: 113 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 11 were ones 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
1973-11-28	TO AMEND H. R. 11010 BY RAISING FROM $500 MILLION TO $1 BILLION THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL 1975.H.R. 11010 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-11-28	TO AMEND H.R. 11010, BY PERMITTING AREAS WHERE THE UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVE AN AGGREGATE POPULATION OF 100,000 OR MORE TO QUALITFY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.H.R. 11010 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-11-28	TO AMEND H. R. 11010, BY REDUCING THE POPULATION REQUIREMENT FOR RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM MANPOWER PROGRAMS.H.R. 11010 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Worker priority
1973-09-19	TO OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF H.R. 7935, A BILL TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-08-03	TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 7935, FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS OF 1973.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-07-25	TO AGREE TO A CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1423, A BILL TO PERMIT EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO JOINTLY ADMINISTERED TRUST FUNDS ESTABLISHED BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS TO DEFRAY COSTS OF LEGAL SERVICES.S. 1423 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-07-17	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS S. 1752, PRESCRIBING THE OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON PRODUCTIVITY AND WORK QUALITY.S. 1752 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1973-06-12	TO PASS H. R. 77.H.R. 77 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-06-12	TO AMEND H.R. 77 TO REQUIRE THAT NEITHER UNION NOR EMPLOYER MAY BE REQUIRED TO BARGAIN ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LEGAL SERVICES TRUST FUND, BUT ONCE ESTABLISHED, IT WOULD BE AN UNFAIR LABOR PRACTISE TO UNILATERALLY MODIFY OR TERMINATE THE TRUST FUND OR TO REFUSE TO BARGAIN CONCERNING THE FUND IN LATER NEGOTIATIONS.H.R. 77 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-06-12	TO AMEND THE STEIGER AMENDMENT TO H.R. 77 BY STRIKING OUT LANGUAGE THAT SPECIFIES AS AN UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE THE UNILATERAL MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THE LEGAL SERVICES TRUST FUND AGREEMENT, OR FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH IN THE NEXT SUBSEQUENT CONTRACT NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE SAME PARTIES. (SEE VARIABLE 156)H.R. 77 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-06-12	TO AMEND H.R. 77 SO AS TO ALLOW AN EMPLOYEE TO SELECT AN ATTORNEY OF HIS CHOICE, RATHER THAN THE CHOICE OF HIS UNION.H.R. 77 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-06-06	TO PASS H. R. 7935.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-06-06	TO AMEND H.R. 7935 BY FREEZING THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE IN THE CANAL ZONE AT ITS PRESENT LEVEL.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-06-06	TO AMEND H.R. 7935 BY ESTABLISHING A SUBMINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR WORKERS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 OR FULL-TIME STUDENTS AT 80% OF THE APPLICABLE MINIMUM WAGE OR $1.60 PER HOUR ($1.30 PER HOUR FOR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEES) WHICHEVER IS HIGHER.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-06-06	TO AMEND H.R. 7935 BY DELETING THE SECTION ON SEASONAL INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-06-06	TO AMEND H.R. 7935 BY STRIKING OUT EXTENDED COVERAGE FOR LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-06-06	TO AMEND H.R. 7935 BY STRIKING OUT EXTENDED COVERAGE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-06-06	TO AMEND H.R. 7935 BY INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEES.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Employer priority
1973-06-06	TO AMEND H.R. 7935 BY SETTING THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AT $1.60 PER HOUR FOR FISCAL 1974, $1.70 PER HOUR FOR FISCAL 1975, AND $1.85 PER HOUR THEREAFTER.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-06-06	TO AMEND H.R. 7935 BY SETTING THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR EMPLOYEES COVERED BEFORE 1966 AT $2.10 PER HOUR FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1974, AND TO $2.20 PER HOUR AFTER JUNE 30, 1975.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Worker priority
1973-06-06	TO AMEND H.R. 7935 BY SETTING THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR EMPLOYEES COVERED BEFORE 1966 AT $1.90 PER HOUR FOR THE FIRST YEAR, AND $2.10 FOR THE SECOND YEARS AND $2.20 PER HR. THEREAFTER.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Employer priority
1973-06-06	TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R. 7935.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-06-06	TO AMEND H.R. 7935, A BILL TO AMEND THE FAIR LABOR ACT, BY INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEEES.H.R. 7935 · 93rd Congress	Nay	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.