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Sherman A1

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Tue Feb 7, 2017, 07:45 AM Feb 2017

Missouri Gov. Greitens signs right-to-work legislation [View all]

Gov. Eric Greitens took a road trip Monday in celebration of making Missouri the nation's 28th right-to-work state.

The Republican signed Senate Bill 19, which bars unions and employers from requiring workers to pay dues, at three ceremonies. The first one was in Springfield at an abandoned warehouse before a small crowd of supporters.

“For too long in the state of Missouri, for too long people bowed down to intimidation, they bowed down to powerful union bosses who acted to protect their own interests instead of protecting the interest of Missouri workers,” Greitens said.

The ceremony was disrupted briefly by about 10 pro-union demonstrators who shouted “right to work, wrong for us!” They were escorted out a minute later.

http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/missouri-gov-greitens-signs-right-work-legislation

A sad day for the working people of Missouri.

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