Posted on 06/15/2015 5:29:15 AM PDT by lowbridge
Despite not running for office, Missouri Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon received a sizable campaign contribution Wednesday from a major union less than a week after killing a bill that would have ended forced union dues in the state.
House Bill 116 was signed by House Speaker John Diehl and Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey, both Republicans, in late May and would have made Missouri the 26 state to ban forced union dues or fees as a condition of employment. The policy, known as right-to-work, tends to be heavily favored by the right but opposed by those on the left including labor unions. The measure, however, was killed in early June after Nixon decided to veto it.
According to The Associated Press, less then a week after the veto, the United Automobile Workers (UAW) gave Nixon $50,000 in campaign contribution. The UAW is among the many unions that oppose right-to-work arguing that it lowers worker pay and protections. The union even has a webpage which links news, events and studies that disfavor the policy.
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Who does he think he is, HILLARY???
He’s missing a zero from the cashbag if he thinks he’s Hillary.
That’s it? Reminds me or his namesake’s running mate.
Nixon will slide clean on this one.. meanwhile VA’s former Gov. Bob McDonnell was convicted of receiving gifts without taking any specific action that benefits the donor.
that’s good that right to work was killed, more safe jobs from union trades.
It’s hard to imagine the land of HST ever being for “right-to-work.”
Sure he will. The State attorney General Kevin Kostner is a democrat who is running for governor got caught doing the same thing.
ATTY GEN> Chris Koster.
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