Missouri is close to becoming the 28th Right to Work state

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: HOTAIR

URL: http://hotair.com/archives/2017/02/04/missouri-is-close-to-becoming-the-28th-right-to-work-state/

by Jazz Shaw




You can’t really pin this one on the Trump Effect because it’s been in the works for a while, but Missouri’s legislature sent a new bill to the Governor this week which will be making some big changes on the labor front. If you were somehow able to buy stock in labor unions on Wall Street, this would be a good time to sell it because the Show-Me state is about to show forced unionization to the door. (St. Lois Today)

A moment long dreaded by the state’s labor unions and their supporters arrived on Thursday, as Missouri lawmakers sent a right-to-work proposal to a Republican governor who has promised for months that he’d sign it.

When he does, Missouri will become the 28th right-to-work state, marking the first time in U.S. history that more than half of the nation’s workforce lives in states with right-to-work laws.

The fast-tracked bill, which will prohibit unions from requiring workers to pay dues as a condition of employment, has been deemed both a solution for the state’s stagnant job growth and a thinly disguised effort to weaken union influence.

Assuming the governor makes good on his promise to sign this into law, Missouri will join a growing list of Right to Work states which includes Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. In fact, we’ve now reached the point where more than half the states have signed on.

In all of these places, unions are not forbidden from operating as some opponents would have you believe. They simply can’t dominate the labor market by making it essentially impossible to get work without joining up and paying them. Also, even if you do manage to land a job as a non-member, in too many states the union can turn around and deduct dues from your paycheck without your consent. And since they use the vast majority of their money making donations to Democrats, if you happen to belong to a different party they basically assign your political speech to people and interests you don’t support.

The other benefit which these states enjoy is that labor costs can be held to manageable levels, so companies are more competitive in landing work. This has the potential to create a positive, upward cycle wherein more people with jobs spend more money, boosting the economy and creating even more jobs. For some reason the unions really seem to hate that.

Welcome aboard, Missouri. And best of luck to you in expanding your economy.

[Blizzardnh]

We are having that battle here in NH at the moment.
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20170205/NEWS0604/170209710/1007/news02

[Hondo69]

Missouri has always been one of those States that fascinates me - the proverbial puzzle wrapped in an enigma.  Even before its pivotal role in the Civil War it has always been shrouded in a bit of mystery.

I wish them luck, unions don't typically go quietly.

[SirLinksALot]

We are having that battle here in NH at the moment.
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20170205/NEWS0604/170209710/1007/news02

Makes me wonder why NH need to have this battle, aren't you the "Live Free or Die" State?

[Bigun]

Excellent news!  And the RIGHT thing to do!

[Blizzardnh]

Makes me wonder why NH need to have this battle, aren't you the "Live Free or Die" State?

We may end up dead, by that I mean as blue as the states around us. TN is looking mighty good.

[Bigun]

We may end up dead, by that I mean as blue as the states around us. TN is looking mighty good.

Libtard invasion from the Northeast and West not helping!

[Free Vulcan]

Missouri has always been one of those States that fascinates me - the proverbial puzzle wrapped in an enigma.  Even before its pivotal role in the Civil War it has always been shrouded in a bit of mystery.

I wish them luck, unions don't typically go quietly.

I live 12 mi. from the MO border. Grandma was born and raised there. It's a hybrid state. Not quite southern, not quite northern. I'd say it's most like southern Indiana or Ohio. Very steeped in Mark Twain river culture in the east, more like the plains in the west. Not uptight and stuffy, but not totally laid back either.  Has a kind of genteel southern backwoods aspect to it in the rural areas, but not as hard core as say, W. Virginia. Their urban areas are much more northern in attitude, but not in a NYC or Chicago way.

I don't understand the politics greatly, but except for maybe some blue collar union areas, it's the typical conservative rural v. liberal urban split, though overall MO is very conservative, it's just the cities are large enough to get Dems elected statewide sometimes.

[Norm Lenhart]

We may end up dead, by that I mean as blue as the states around us. TN is looking mighty good.

It sucks that the conservatives in the NE are outnumbered, but the fight is lost. I left upstate NY (Adirondacks 20 years ago.) with literally little more than the clothes on my and my daughter's backs. It was the best move of my life.

All the sentimentality for an area (for friends/family etc) does not matter much when liberals control your actual life, your paycheck and your freedom as an American citizen in their leftist hells.

[SirLinksALot]

It sucks that the conservatives in the NE are outnumbered, but the fight is lost. I left upstate NY (Adirondacks 20 years ago.) with literally little more than the clothes on my and my daughter's backs. It was the best move of my life.

All the sentimentality for an area (for friends/family etc) does not matter much when liberals control your actual life, your paycheck and your freedom as an American citizen in their leftist hells.

Just out of curiosity, what state did you move to and do you like it there?

[bigheadfred]

The counter for which is the minimum wage.