House Republicans Break Ranks to Support Dem-Led Pro-Union Bill

“The right of workers to form a union and collectively bargain is crucial to improving wages, hours, working conditions, and so much more. I know because I’ve lived it,” Stauber said.

He was joined by fellow Republican representatives Mike Carey, Dave Joyce, Max Miller, Michael Turner, and Michael Rulli of Ohio; Andrew Garbarino, Nick LaLota, Nick Langworthy, Nicole Malliotakis, and Mike Lawler of New York.

Also voting “yea” were Carlos Gimenez and Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida; Riley Moore of West Virginia; Jeff Van Drew and Christopher Smith of New Jersey; Brian Fitzpatrick and Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania; Don Bacon of Nebraska, and Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin, Time reported.

Lawler said workers “who choose to organize deserve a fair shot at reaching their first contract.”

“This bipartisan legislation helps ensure the collective bargaining process moves forward in good faith and that workers have a meaningful opportunity to secure the benefits and protections they voted for,” he added, in a statement after the vote.

Lawler’s ‘yes’ vote comes as he faces a challenging reelection campaign in New York’s 17th District.

“I am trying to find a fair balance when it comes to management and labor,” Bacon told Time regarding his vote in an emailed statement.