Tag: veto
One vote seals fate of paycheck deception bill in Missouri Senate
The Missouri Senate's recent vote sustaining Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a paycheck deception bill has proved that one vote really can make a...
Missouri House overrides Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of paycheck deception
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Jefferson City – The Missouri House of Representatives overrode Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of paycheck deception legislation last week, narrowly passing House...
Thousands rally at Missouri State Capitol
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Thousands of union members rallied at the State Capitol March 30 to oppose an override of Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of HB...
Push is on to stop paycheck deception
Following Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of the Missouri Legislature’s paycheck deception bill (HB 1891) Missouri Labor leaders and volunteers have been conducting front porch...
Nixon vetoes paycheck deception bill
Jefferson City –Governor Jay Nixon (D) has vetoed House Bill 1891, a paycheck deception bill which would require public employees to give annual written...
Missouri Legislature passes paycheck deception
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Jefferson City – Despite a concerted effort by Labor leaders and worker-friendly lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, the Missouri Legislature...
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...
SHAME! Who voted against working families and union members
These are the House members who voted against Missouri’s working families and in favor of CEO’s and out-of-state corporate interests.
Justin Alferman (R-Hermann)
Sue Allen (R-Town...