RTW defeated!

[Sherman A1]

Thousands of phone calls, letters to legislators and door-to-door visits with union members in contested districts paid off for Missouri’s working families Wednesday as the Missouri House sustained Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of HB 116-569/RTW, failing to pass an override motion by a vote of 96-63.

Republicans in the state House needed 109 votes to override the Governor’s veto and make Missouri the 26th right-to-work state.

The measure’s failure is a national setback for right-to-work proponents and a major victory for union members who have seen labor bastions like Michigan and Wisconsin fall to right-to-work in recent years.

http://labortribune.com/rtw-defeated/

[TexasTowelie]

1. Good news for your state.

Right to work is equivalent to having the right to be oppressed.

[Sherman A1]

2. Agreed

That said, I am sure that the GOP legislature will resurrect this thing in the next session.

[SoapBox]

3. "Right to Work" is bullshit.

The workers have no rights...employers can hire and fire at will.

Period.

Good for Missouri, for now anyway.

[freebrew]

4. The bastards over-rode a veto on min wage...

St. Louis had just passed an $11 minimum wage, new state law forbids any city or township from deviating from state wages.

I really hate these bastards, but the state has been gerrymandered so badly, I believe it's lost for a while.

And we have very few D candidates to vote for, thanks to DWS.