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Missouri becomes the latest battleground for the "Right to Work" and those who want "Union Controlled Right to Strike".
Following Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of right-to-work legislation in Missouri, the state has become the latest battleground for the statute that has long been Public Enemy No. 1 for organized labor.
Right-to-work laws, which prohibit union agreements requiring employee membership or payment of union dues as a condition for employment, have so far been enacted in 25 states. The most recent states to opt for them were union-strong Michigan in 2012 and Wisconsin in 2015.
In Kentucky this year, Republican gubernatorial nominee Matt Bevin has made right-to-work a centerpiece of his campaign.
And in Missouri, with both houses of the state legislature firmly in Republican hands, the state House of Representatives voted for right-to-work by 92-66, and the Senate voted for the measure 21-13.
"But to override [Nixon's] veto, we will need a two-thirds vote in each chamber — 109 in the House and 23 in the Senate — and that's slightly more than voted for right-to-work initially," Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, one of the leading political figures in the Show-Me State's right-to-work crusade, told Newsmax.
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Following Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of right-to-work legislation in Missouri, the state has become the latest battleground for the statute that has long been Public Enemy No. 1 for organized labor.
Right-to-work laws, which prohibit union agreements requiring employee membership or payment of union dues as a condition for employment, have so far been enacted in 25 states. The most recent states to opt for them were union-strong Michigan in 2012 and Wisconsin in 2015.
In Kentucky this year, Republican gubernatorial nominee Matt Bevin has made right-to-work a centerpiece of his campaign.
And in Missouri, with both houses of the state legislature firmly in Republican hands, the state House of Representatives voted for right-to-work by 92-66, and the Senate voted for the measure 21-13.
"But to override [Nixon's] veto, we will need a two-thirds vote in each chamber — 109 in the House and 23 in the Senate — and that's slightly more than voted for right-to-work initially," Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, one of the leading political figures in the Show-Me State's right-to-work crusade, told Newsmax.
Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com:
http://www.newsmax.com/John-Gizzi/m...er-Kinder/2015/06/09/id/649513/#ixzz3ca38TW00
