Kinder: Right-to-work legislation will pass in 2014

Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder predicts the state General Assembly will pass right-to-work legislation when it meets in January, sending the issue on to voters next November.

“Passage is assured in the House, the votes are there in the Senate, and I believe we stand an excellent chance at making this progress for Missouri in 2014,” he said Monday, according to KMOX.

Under right-to-work legislation, labor unions could not require workers to pay mandatory bargaining fees. Indiana and Michigan have approved such laws in recent years.

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