With Greitens on board, Missouri lawmakers introduce right-to-work proposals

JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri inched closer to becoming the 27th state in the nation to adopt a right-to-work law on Thursday.

On the first day for members of the Legislature to begin introducing legislation for the 2017 session, Rep. Bill White, R-Joplin, was among those unveiling a proposal he says will help bring businesses and jobs to the state by limiting the ability of labor unions to collect dues from members.

The measure was among a handful of initiatives introduced Thursday that offered a glimpse of what could become Gov.-elect Eric Greitens first-year agenda.

The new governor, a Republican, is a political newcomer who has outlined a pro-business agenda mixed with a push for more anti-corruption laws. Greitens has said he would sign a right-to-work measure into law, ending years of frustration for GOP lawmakers who have been blocked in their push for the change by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.

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