Missouri lawmakers send right to work to Republican governor

     (AP) – Missouri lawmakers have sent the state’s new

Republican governor a bill that would ban mandatory union fees.

     House members on Thursday took a final vote on the so-called right-to-work

bill.

     Gov. Eric Greitens has promised to sign the bill. His Democratic predecessor,

Gov. Jay Nixon, vetoed right to work in 2015.

     If Greitens signs the bill, Missouri will become the 28th right-to-work state.

     Seven of the eight states that surround Missouri already have right-to-work

laws, including Kentucky where it passed last month. New Hampshire lawmakers are

considering a similar proposal.

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