Missouri House Speaker says right-to-work passage unlikely

Mike Lear, Missourinet, reports Missouri lawmakers dragging their feet on a Right to Work law.

Missouri’s Republican House Speaker says in spite of the passage of right-to-work in Michigan, he doesn’t expect to make it a priority in Missouri but will pursue paycheck protection.

Speaker Tim Jones (R-Eureka) says he supports right-to-work, which keeps union membership or dues payments from being a condition of employment, but he doesn’t think it would pass in Missouri without the backing of Governor Jay Nixon even with veto-proof Republican majorities in both chambers.