RTW defeated!
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/
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