WFB: Missouri is one of three states to take up right to work in as many weeks after its House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday.
The Republican-controlled House voted 100-59 to end coercive unionism. The bill would outlaw the practice of paying union dues or fees as a condition of employment. Rep. Holly Rehder, chairman of the Economic Development Committee, said that the bill would help attract jobs to rural areas, which have lagged behind the state’s cities in employment.
“Down in the Bootheel where I live, we miss jobs every year and we miss businesses every year because of not being right to work,” she said.
The state witnessed a steep drop in union membership over the past decade. There were 230,000 dues-paying members in 2015, down from 290,000 in 2005. The membership rate fell from 11.5 percent to 8.8 percent over that time, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Missouri Republican Party controls the House and Senate. The legislature passed the same bill in 2015, but Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed it. Newly-elected Republican Gov. Eric Greitens campaigned on right to work and called for lawmakers to send a version of the bill to his desk during his opening State of the State address on Tuesday. MORE
Good.
Buh-bye, buh-bye-now, buh-bye! Fcuking paycheck robbers!
Choke them out, then RICO their unionist asses.
They are fifty percent of what’s killing jobs in
America.
When Union Pension funds are underfunded, yet the Union supports every leftist cause and candidate, Union official need to go to prison. Within the next 8 years many pensions are going to dry up and the victims will expect the tax payers to bail them out. Even with bail outs 80% haircuts are going to be common.