Mo. Unlikely to Follow Michigan Lead on Union Law

[pstokely]

Source: AP

Missouri House Republican Speaker Tim Jones, of Eureka, says passing a similar law would require strong leadership from the governor and the support of the business community. Republican Senate leader Tom Dempsey, of St. Charles, says numerous senators support a right-to-work law but not enough to overcome a veto.

Republicans have supermajorities in both chambers. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon previously has called the idea a backward step.

Jones says Missouri lawmakers still could pursue measures dealing with the prevailing wage governmental entities must pay for construction projects and paycheck deductions

Read more: http://www.komu.com/news/mo-unlikely-to-follow-michigan-lead-on-union-law/

[Bozita]

1. My thanks to all MI citizens who found other stuff to do more important than voting in 2010

My congrats to the voters of MO who found the time to elect a Dem governor.

Michigan should now formally change its name to MICHISSIPPI!

[pstokely]

4. MO is lucky it to hold the gubernatorial election during the same year as the presidental

Most states have them during the off years when Dems are more likely to stay home

[ReRe]

2. Nope that won't work either....

.... Gov Nixon would veto it too. They can't do anything, unless Nixon let's them.

[pstokely]

5. The legislature has already has overridden his vetos on pill coverage

And they same the same thing in MI

[ReRe]

6. Oops!

I stand corrected. I'll now go back to chewing my nails to the quick.

Just kidding.

[Overseas]

3. Koch Brothers are on a roll. David and Charles, was it? Milking that 2010 Sweep quickly.

Before too many people wake up and smell the union power they have been trying to squash for decades now.

The Koch Brothers' ALEC-bots / ALEC-boughts.

[joanbarnes]

7. They also want to pass laws ALLOWING child labor. Thank God for Jay Nixon.