Missouri Gov. Nixon vetoes right-to-work legislation
Source: abcNEWS
Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed a measure Thursday that would have made Missouri the 26th right-to-work state, and it's unclear whether proponents will be able to muster enough support in the Republican-led Legislature to override the veto.
The governor, a longtime opponent of the effort, traveled to the Kansas City area to announce the veto among local United Auto Workers union members near a Ford assembly plant. The bill would have barred workplace contracts that require all employees even those who aren't union members to pay union fees.
Most of the Missouri's eight neighboring states already have right-to-work laws; the only two that don't are Illinois and Kentucky. Republican legislators and governors in the Midwestern states Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin all enacted right-to-work laws in the past three years.
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jwirr
(39,215 posts)A win for the workers. Just hope the asshat teabaggers don't override his veto.
randys1
(16,286 posts)and file teaparty are working people.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)I hope the folks remember a democrat did this come voting time. Right to Work is a Rip Off is all over the place around here, but I suspect many of these folks don't vote dem. They still believe the old trickle down theory, I guess.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)I'm switching to the Batshit Party!
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)aggiesal
(8,864 posts)"Right to work [Font color=RED size=6]for less"[/font]
Always say that!
daleanime
(17,796 posts)PETRUS
(3,678 posts)We need to rid ourselves of Taft-Hartley.
Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)BlueEye
(449 posts)But credit where due. If he were not the governor right now, MO would have become the newest RTW state. And frankly, I can only imagine how bad the Ferguson response could have been if there were a cowboy GOP governor in office.