Union members and working Missourians will gather at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City on Friday, Aug. 18 to turn in more than 300,000 signatures on the Citizens’ Referendum petition to repeal so-called “right-to-work” by placing in on the ballot in 2018 for voters to decide.
Expect long lines. Many unions are sending buses. Plan to arrive at the Capitol at 9 a.m. to get through security, then meet in the Capitol Rotunda at 10 a.m. to hear speakers and show your support for the repeal effort.
“We’re going to deliver more than 300,000 signatures to them; that’s what you have done!” Mike Louis, president of the Missouri AFL-CIO told union members at a rally this week at IBEW Local 1 in St. Louis.
After a short program, union members and working Missourians will follow behind a truck traveling from the Capitol to the Secretary of State’s office to turn in the petitions.
This is an opportunity to celebrate the incredible job you’ve done collecting more than 150 percent of the signatures needed to place the issue on the ballot, as well as securing the five percent voter threshold in all eight of Missouri’s congressional districts. Only six were needed to get the measure on the ballot.
The Republican-led Missouri legislature passed “right-to-work” earlier this year and Gov. Eric Grietens signed it into law in February. It is set to take effect Aug. 28, but the referendum petitions will put that on hold until voters have a chance to decide the measure.
“We’re taking this state back because it belongs to the working people of Missouri, not Eric Greitens!” Louis said.
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WHO’S COMING FROM YOUR AREA
St. Louis Area
Jeremy Snyder 314-565-2242
Lori Giannini 314-780-2270
Suburban St. Louis
Jim Reinheim 314-603-6411
Jeff Palmier 314-560-4324
Merri Berry 314-420-8095
Jefferson City Area
Jake Crismon 573-353-0212
Columbia Area and West
Susan McClintic 573-268-9590
Tom King 816-255-7801
Kansas City Area
Brian Simmons 816-812-8880
St. Joseph and NW Missouri
Jessica Pothole 816-785-5126
North Central and Northeastern Missouri
Mike Johnson 660-342-7296
Springfield and SW Missouri
Clark Brown 417-894-9350
Cape Girardeau and SE Missouri
Lee Asher 314-805-6762
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