No big surprise here. There are likely to be lots of anti-worker bills in the Missouri legislature again. It's like that movie Groundhog Dog It's up to us to make sure they meet the same fate that they have in the past.
‘Right-to-work’ fight to resume in Jefferson City
Missouri News Horizon
December 6, 2011 | Posted by: Tim Sampson
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As the 2012 state legislative session begins to take shape, a familiar labor fight is heading to the floor of the Senate.
Once again, State Senate Leader Robert Mayer, R-Dexter, has introduced a bill that would keep Missouri workers from being forced to join a union against their will. Mayer recently pre-filed a bill to be brought up during the next legislative session, which begins in January.
The so-called “right-to-work” issue was debated during the 2011 legislative session but failed to gain enough traction to pass both chambers. The proposal would give workers in Missouri the option to not join a union if the rest of their workplace chooses to unionize – preventing them from having to pay union dues or strike against their will.
Pro-business lawmakers and lobbyist have argued that current law is unfair to individual workers and makes Missouri less attractive when trying to court businesses from neighboring right-to-work states.
But labor groups contend that allowing individual workers to opt out weakens the stance of the union. They say right-to-work laws are unfair since they allow workers who opt out of the union to benefit from union actions that increase wages and benefits to all workers.
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