Resisting the Right-to-Starve in Missouri
The Missouri Republican Party and the billionaires who back them are determined to keep Missouri a “right-to-starve” state by trying to undermine a union-led effort to repeal the state’s “right-to-work” (RTW) law.
In February 2017, Missouri’s Republican-controlled legislature passed RTW legislation fast on the heels of the November 2016 election of Republican Gov. Eric Greitens.
In May, Greitens resigned amid a sex scandal involving a relationship with his hairdresser and an explicit photograph he took. Greitens also faced accusations that he improperly used for political purposes the donor rolls of his charity, The Mission Continues, which raises money to support veterans transitioning to civilian life.
The 2016 election provided the Republicans with a supermajority at the state level which it desperately needed to ram through the anti-worker legislation. Except for Illinois, all of the states surrounding Missouri have already passed RTW laws. RTW has been a top legislative priority for bosses and the Republicans since Kansas first passed such a law in 1958.
Read more: https://socialistworker.org/2018/06/19/resisting-the-right-to-starve-in-missouri