Will 2013 Bring Right To Work to Missouri?

On January 2, 2013, in News Clips, Right To Work, by CLJ 

National Institute for Labor Relations Research

 http://nilrr.org/2013/01/02/will-2013-bring-right-to-work-to-missouri/

 

Will Missouri pass a Right To Work law this year? Stephen Herzog, Branson Tri-Lakes News reporter, thinks it’s a possibility. Here’s the story:

“We’ve been after the right to work in the state of Missouri for a while,” Rowland said. “I think we have an opportunity this year to get it done.”

Proposed “right-to-work” legislation aims to prohibit labor union agreements that require employee membership and payment of union dues.
Proponents of such legislation in the state have argued it will make Missouri competitive with bordering states that already have right-to-work laws.

“The rumor I’m hearing is we’re going to allow the Senate to make the first move,” Rowland said. “The past two years we’ve had trouble getting anything through the Senate. We’re hoping the election has changed that.”
The minimum amount for a supermajority is 109. The Senate already held a supermajority, which it retained.
However, just because the total number of Republicans allows for a “veto-proof” majority, that doesn’t mean they’ll be able to pass whatever legislation they want, according to local representatives.

“Right now, we would need 100 percent of members to agree on something,” Rowland said. “That’s very difficult.”
“A lot of the freshmen talked about the veto-proof majority,” Justus said. “But we’re not always going to agree on everything.
“We’re probably going to go after some legislation to help business that the governor has vetoed in the past,” Rowland said.