Bernard Sanders on Labor & Wages

IndependentVT

Labor & Wages212 votes · 86.6/100 consistent

Worker priorityEmployer priority

313 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Labor & Wages. 212 of them counted toward the score above: 199 toward “Worker priority” and 13 toward “Employer priority”.

The other 101 did not count: 98 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 3 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
1991-09-25	EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT — S.1722 BY BENTSEN (D-TX) -- EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT OF 1991 (VETOED, 10/11/91) (HOUSE PASSED S. 1722, AMENDED, TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.)S. 1722 · 102nd Congress · On Passage	Yea	Worker priority
1991-09-17	UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REFORM ACT — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 3040, TO PROVIDE A PROGRAM OF FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION.)H.R. 3040 · 102nd Congress · On Passage	Yea	Worker priority
1991-09-17	UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REFORM ACT — (HOUSE REJECTED THE ARCHER MOTION TO RECOMMIT H.R. 3040 TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE FORTHWITH WITH AN AMENDMENT GIVING THE PRESIDENT UNTIL THE END OF 1991 TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY BENEFITS PROGRAM.)H.R. 3040 · 102nd Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Worker priority
1991-09-17	(HOUSE REJECTED THE ROSTENKOWSKI EN BLOC AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE LANGUAGE WHICH WOULD ALLOW STATES TO PAY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO NON-PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BETWEEN ACADEMIC YEARS OR TERMS, IF THEY ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE.)H.R. 3040 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Worker priority
1991-09-17	H.R.3040 BY ROSTENKOWSKI (D-IL) -- TAX EXTENSION ACT OF 1992 (HOUSE REJECTED THE ROSTENKOWSKI AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REPLACE A PROVISION WHICH AUTOMATICALLY DECLARES EXPENDITURES AS "EMERGENCY" FUNDS FOR PURPOSES OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT, AND TO PROVIDE THAT, IF THE PRESIDENT DID NOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATE FUNDS AS "EMERGENCY" EXPENDITURES ON THE DATE OF THE ENACTMENT OF THIS BILL, THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX WOULD BE INCREASED FOR MANY EMPLOYERS TO PAY FOR THE EXTENDED BENEFITS.)H.R. 3040 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Worker priority
1991-08-02	EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION — H.R.3201 BY ROSTENKOWSKI (D-IL) -- EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT OF 1991 (PUB. L. 102-107, APPROVED 8/17/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 3201, TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.)H.R. 3201 · 102nd Congress · On Passage	Yea	Worker priority
1991-07-17	TO AMEND THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT AND THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON PARTICIPATION IN LABOR DISPUTES — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 5, TO AMEND THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT AND THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON PARTICIPATION IN LABOR DISPUTES.)H.R. 5 · 102nd Congress · On Passage	Yea	Worker priority
1991-07-17	(HOUSE AGREED TO THE PETERSON AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT LIMITS THE PROTECTIONS IN THE CASE OF "RECOGNITIONAL STRIKES", REQUIRES THAT EMPLOYEE PETITIONS FOR AN ELECTION FOR RECOGNITION BE FILED WITH THE NLRB FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE STRIKE, AND REQUIRES THE PETITION TO BE SUPPORTED BY A MAJORITY OF EMPLOYEES IN THE BARGAINING UNIT.)H.R. 5 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Employer priority
1991-07-17	H.R.5 BY CLAY (D-MO) -- NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT, AMENDMENT RAILWAY LABOR ACT, AMENDMENT (HOUSE REJECTED THE GOODLING SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT TO THE PETERSON AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO LIMIT THE PROTECTIONS PROVIDED IN THE BILL TO THE FIRST EIGHT WEEKS OF A STRIKE AND TO PROVIDE THAT AFTER EIGHT WEEKS THE EMPLOYER COULD HIRE PERMANENT REPLACEMENT WORKERS.)H.R. 5 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Worker priority
1991-07-17	PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5, TO AMEND THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT AND THE RAILWAY ACT TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON PARTICIPATION IN LABOR DISPUTES — (HOUSE PASSED H.RES. 195, THE RULE UNDER WHICH H.R. 5 WAS CONSIDERED.)H.Res. 195 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
1991-07-17	PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5, TO AMEND THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT AND THE RAILWAY ACT TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON PARTICIPATION IN LABOR DISPUTES — H.RES.195 BY MOAKLEY (D-MA) -- PROCEDURAL RESOLUTION - H.R. 5 (HOUSE AGREED TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE RESOLUTION.)H.Res. 195 · 102nd Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Yea	Direction not readable
1991-04-17	RAILROAD LABOR/MANAGEMENT DISPUTES — H.J.R.222 BY DINGELL (D-MI) -- SETTLEMENT OF RAILROAD LABOR-MANAGEMENT DISPUTES, PROVISION (PUB. L. 102-29, APPROVED 4/18/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.J.RES. 222, TO PROVIDE FOR A SETTLEMENT OF THE RAILROAD LABOR-MANAGEMENT DISPUTES BETWEEN CERTAIN RAILROADS REPRESENTED BY THE NATIONAL CARRIERS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL RAILWAY LABOR CONFERENCE AND CERTAIN OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.)H.J.Res. 222 · 102nd Congress · On Passage	Yea	Employer priority
1991-01-30	DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PHYSICIANS’ AND DENTISTS’ COMPENSATION AND LABOR RELATIONS ACT OF 1991 — H.R.598 BY MONTGOMERY (D-MS) -- DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH-CARE PERSONNEL ACT OF 1991 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PHYSICIAN AND DENTIST RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ACT OF 1991 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS LABOR RELATIONS IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1991 (PUB. L. 102-40, APPROVED 5/7/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 598, AMENDED, TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO IMPROVE THE CAPABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS THROUGH INCREASES IN SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES, AND TO AUTHORIZE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OVER CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR HEALTH-CARE EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.)H.R. 598 · 102nd Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	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.