Tag: Missouri legislature
ALEC model bills filed in Missouri Legislature
Jefferson City –Missouri legislators are once again submitting legislation modeled after bills crafted by ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Nine ALEC bills have been...
More than 60 worker-related bills pre-filed for 2016 in Missouri Legislature
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
Jefferson City – After being defeated in this year’s session of the Missouri Legislature, right-to-work is back on the agenda in 2016...
Attacks on workers have begun
RTW, cutting prevailing wage top Missouri’s pre-filed bills for 2016
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Jefferson City – As predicted, right-to-work and cutting prevailing wage were the top...
Missouri politics: RTW, paycheck deception coming back in 2016
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Right-to-work and paycheck deception will likely be top of the heap when Missouri legislators begin pre-filing legislation for the 2016 session on...
Receptions to thank representatives who stood with working families on RTW
The Missouri AFL-CIO and area labor clubs are hosting a series of receptions to thank Republican representatives who stood with working families this session...
Koch-funded AFP, mad about RTW vote, launches hate-filled advertising campaign
$100,000 to smear pro-worker Republicans
The local Americans for Prosperity front group is launching an advertising campaign packed with venomous hate speech against Missouri Republican...
MISSOURI WINS, AGAIN
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
With the successful defense of Gov. Nixon’s veto of the anti-worker right-to-work bill Sept. 16, workers across Missouri scored a victory for...
Friends who voted ‘NO’ on RTW
Working people and union members should know who voted with and against them on this session’s deceptive and destructive right-to-work legislation. Following are those...
MO Senate overrides veto of bill cutting unemployment benefits
Jefferson City – The Missouri Senate last week voted to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill that cuts the state’s unemployment benefits.
Their...
Legislature nixes local control for minimum wage
Jefferson City – Although House Republican leaders failed to keep right to work alive, Republicans were able to override Governor Jay Nixon's veto of...