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missouri sb29
SB 29 Requires authorization for certain labor unions to use dues and fees to make political contributions and bars them from withholding earnings from paychecks
Sponsor: Brown
LR Number: 0308S.02C Fiscal Note available
Committee: Governmental Accountability & Fiscal Oversight
Last Action: 2/26/2013 - S Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection--SB 29-Brown, with SCS & SA 2 (pending) Journal Page:
Title: SCS SB 29 Calendar Position:
Effective Date: August 28, 2013
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Current Bill Summary
SCS/SB 29 - This act bars public employee labor unions from withholding fees from public employee paychecks. The act requires the public employee's consent for public employee labor unions to use fees and dues for political purposes.
The employee must authorize the amount to be used for political contributions. The employee may also stipulate to which committee their fees will be paid. Authorizing or refraining from authorizing any amount shall in no way affect employment.
The labor union must keep records of all authorizations and submit them to the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission.
The act exempts first responders from the new provisions.
This act is similar to SB 814 (1998), SB 610 (2006), HB 492 (2011), SB 202 (2011), SB 435 (2012), and SS/SCS/SB 553 & 435 (2012).
CHRIS HOGERTY
Monday, February 25, 2013
Miners to protest again at Peabody headquarters - St. Louis Business Journal
Miners to protest again at Peabody headquarters - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Members of the United Mine Workers of America plan to march at Peabody Energy’s headquarters in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday, their third such protest in recent weeks.
Hundreds of active and retired coal miners plan to march from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on 10th Street to Peabody’s headquarters at 701 Market St., beginning at 10 a.m.
They say they are protesting “the scheme by executives of Peabody and Arch Coal to avoid payment of their health care obligations by creating a subsidiary – Patriot Coal – that was designed to fail.”
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several members of soar for st louis and granite city will be there as well
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Editorial: Zombie voter ID bill from a party that's lost its pride : Stltoday
Editorial: Zombie voter ID bill from a party that's lost its pride : Stltoday
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This year, subtle House Elections Committee Chairman Sue Entlicher, R-Bolivar, scheduled a Jan. 29 hearing on the voter ID bill for 6:45 a.m. Since the Capitol building doesn’t open until 7 a.m., this would have kept the crowds down nicely.
Ms. Entlicher relented under criticism and held the hearing at 8 a.m. Last week, after another sneaky committee meeting just off the House floor, the committee sent the bill to the floor on an 8-4 party-line vote.
If passed, the law would become effective only if voters in 2014 approved a constitutional amendment allowing the Legislature to enact voter ID laws. Mr. Nixon could veto it before then, but Republicans hold veto-proof majorities in both houses of the Legislature.
Surely Mr. Nixon would be able to peel off a few votes from Republicans who still have enough pride and honor not to want to steal elections.
Because the fact is that it wasn’t so long ago that Missouri Republicans actually wanted to see more people voting, not fewer. U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, when he was Missouri’s secretary of state from 1985 to 1993, actually experimented with voting by mail. In his first year as secretary of state in 2001, Mr. Blunt’s son, Matt Blunt, proposed a package of reform measures, including an early voting period.
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This year, subtle House Elections Committee Chairman Sue Entlicher, R-Bolivar, scheduled a Jan. 29 hearing on the voter ID bill for 6:45 a.m. Since the Capitol building doesn’t open until 7 a.m., this would have kept the crowds down nicely.
Ms. Entlicher relented under criticism and held the hearing at 8 a.m. Last week, after another sneaky committee meeting just off the House floor, the committee sent the bill to the floor on an 8-4 party-line vote.
If passed, the law would become effective only if voters in 2014 approved a constitutional amendment allowing the Legislature to enact voter ID laws. Mr. Nixon could veto it before then, but Republicans hold veto-proof majorities in both houses of the Legislature.
Surely Mr. Nixon would be able to peel off a few votes from Republicans who still have enough pride and honor not to want to steal elections.
Because the fact is that it wasn’t so long ago that Missouri Republicans actually wanted to see more people voting, not fewer. U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, when he was Missouri’s secretary of state from 1985 to 1993, actually experimented with voting by mail. In his first year as secretary of state in 2001, Mr. Blunt’s son, Matt Blunt, proposed a package of reform measures, including an early voting period.
Editorial: Senate forges compromise in passing workers' comp fix : Stltoday
Editorial: Senate forges compromise in passing workers' comp fix : Stltoday
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from the workers’ compensation system. This opened businesses up to much more liability in civil courts.
Toxic exposure includes nasty diseases caused by certain chemical exposure in manufacturing — mesothelioma is the most well-known — that often lead to death. Republicans and Democrats had been unable to agree on a fair level of compensation in such cases.
Mr. Rupp’s bill doubles the surcharge on the Second Injury Fund, raising money to ease the backlog of hundreds of cases in which truly injured workers have not been paid for their legitimate disabilities.
It also creates a special category of toxic exposure cases under the Second Injury Fund that allows significantly more compensation for the relatives of victims who died after inhaling dangerous chemicals at work. At the same time, the bill protects employers from uncapped and more expensive civil court judgments.
Nobody got everything he wanted. But a serious problem confronting businesses, workers and the state treasury was solved by everybody coming to the table and giving a little. What a concept.
Alas, on the same day the Senate was coming together in the spirit of compromise to solve a real problem, across the Capitol rotunda, the Missouri House was up to its usual tilting at imaginary windmills. The House passed a photo voter-identification bill that attempts to solve a nonexistent problem by denying tens of thousands of Missourians their right to vote
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unable to agree means workers die in Missouri. compromise my behind, another sellout
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from the workers’ compensation system. This opened businesses up to much more liability in civil courts.
Toxic exposure includes nasty diseases caused by certain chemical exposure in manufacturing — mesothelioma is the most well-known — that often lead to death. Republicans and Democrats had been unable to agree on a fair level of compensation in such cases.
Mr. Rupp’s bill doubles the surcharge on the Second Injury Fund, raising money to ease the backlog of hundreds of cases in which truly injured workers have not been paid for their legitimate disabilities.
It also creates a special category of toxic exposure cases under the Second Injury Fund that allows significantly more compensation for the relatives of victims who died after inhaling dangerous chemicals at work. At the same time, the bill protects employers from uncapped and more expensive civil court judgments.
Nobody got everything he wanted. But a serious problem confronting businesses, workers and the state treasury was solved by everybody coming to the table and giving a little. What a concept.
Alas, on the same day the Senate was coming together in the spirit of compromise to solve a real problem, across the Capitol rotunda, the Missouri House was up to its usual tilting at imaginary windmills. The House passed a photo voter-identification bill that attempts to solve a nonexistent problem by denying tens of thousands of Missourians their right to vote
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unable to agree means workers die in Missouri. compromise my behind, another sellout
Miners arrested in fight to end Peabody’s stealing of health benefits | MyFDL
Miners arrested in fight to end Peabody’s stealing of health benefits | MyFDL:
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In 2007, Peabody Energy and Arch Coal spun off a large chunk of their health care and retirement obligations to a new entity called Patriot Coal. In a financial and bankruptcy transaction that UMWA Vice President from Alabama, Daryl Dewberry, described as “nickel slick”, Peabody Energy and Arch Coal are trying to wash their hands of responsibility for the health benefits for which they had signed contracts.
There was an air of militancy as more than 1,000 miners and supporters marched to the park and rallied between the St. Louis arch and the Peabody headquarters prior to the arrests. There was emotion also. Health care hits close to the heart. The union has challenged the theft of benefits in court, and the case has been moved to St. Louis. Concerned that bankruptcy law may not be adequate to protect these benefits, the miners say they will win this battle by appealing to a higher moral law.
Dan Kane, UMWA Secretary Treasurer explained. “They intentionally put Patriot in the position for bankruptcy. They want this in the bankruptcy court—they don’t want it in the court of public opinion. This is about every man and woman who works for a living. Health care and pension are not gifts. You paid for it. But these companies are using bankruptcy more and more. Lawyers will get paid. Million dollar bonuses will go to executives. The heads of Patriot won’t suffer. Those who did the work walk out with nothing. That has to stop. We don’t want their sympathy. What we want is justice.”
“We want what we’ve earned,” said Kane. “They want to go to their palatial homes—but they deserve a cell next to Bernie Madoff. I’m tired of an economy that walks all over the workers. I look for a day when we win the fight so every person who wants to can be in a union without interference. And next, I look for a day when each and every one drops their tools and sits down for a day and tells the executives here’s what it’s like without us.” The protesters roared approval.
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Missouri Bill Redefines Science, Pushes Intelligent Design
what a moron. Missouri gets to be laughed at once again thanks to the hillbillies in Jefferson city
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
United Mine Workers to protest Patriot hearing | Video | ksdk.com 2-12-13
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Unusual Allies Fight Sequester Cuts : Roll Call Influence
Unusual Allies Fight Sequester Cuts : Roll Call Influence:
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Defense industry insiders joined with advocates for public health, research universities and other sectors that rely on federal funds Monday to issue a combined call to stop the upcoming sequester cuts.
The rare display of unity among groups that are often pitted against one another underscored shared concern over the across-the-board budget cuts scheduled to hit nondiscretionary spending March 1.
“We’re going to rise and fall together in this debate,” Emily Holubowich, the executive director of the Coalition for Health Funding and co-chairwoman of NDD United, said at a morning news conference at the National Press Club. “Working separately wasn’t working, clearly.”
The officials said the federal budget crisis requires Congress and the Obama administration to arrive at a bipartisan grand bargain that should include new tax revenues, an overhaul of entitlement programs and cuts to the nondiscretionary side of the ledger.
Holubowich called it an “unprecedented effort” to stop the sequester and noted that it marked “the first time under one big tent” for the organizations.
“These cuts have consequences and every American will pay the price,” she said, adding that the sequester would bring cuts to not only defense but also the medical research community, food inspections, national parks and public safety, among other areas.
Monday, February 11, 2013
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Saturday, February 9, 2013
CANMAKERS REUNION PICNIC
Calling all St. Louis can makers from:
AMERICAN-NATIONAL CAN, CONTINENTAL CAN, & CROWN, CORK, & SEAL COMPANY
All past employees including steelworkers, machinists, lithographers, electricians, office workers, supervisors, management, and their family members are invited to attend. Mark your calendar now, and be sure to tell all your past fellow workers that you see or hear from.
Saturday May 11, 2013, 11 A.M. to Dusk
Where: Kircher Park, Pavilion # 2, Eureka, MO. at Highways 109 & I-44
What to bring: Your drinks, potluck item (homemade, or store bought to share), bring lawn chairs, & games (Horseshoes, washers, playing cards, Frisbee golf course available, etc.
Potluck at 12:00 noon, Sandwiches will be provided
$1, 50-50 donation drawing at 2:00 P.M. (3 winners)
Directions: Kircher Park is located in Eureka just south of Interstate Highway 44 on Williams Road on the south side of I-44. If going west on I-44 from St. Louis, exit at State Route 109, turn left, go under I-44, then go immediately back onto I-44 eastbound for about a quarter-mile. Then exit I-44 at Williams Road (Exit 265). The park is on the right at the bottom of the exit ramp. (Parking lot and street parking)
Sponsored by S.O.A.R. (Steelworkers of Active Retirees) St. Louis Chapter 11-3
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Missouri Secretary of State: News Release voter id hearing
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Jefferson City, MO – Secretary of State Jason Kander today released the following statement on the House Elections Committee hearing scheduled for 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday:
“There is no reason that a public hearing of the Missouri House of Representatives should be held at 6:45 a.m. It is not open and honest government, and it creates an unnecessary hardship for Missourians interested in testifying on the legislation or just listening to the hearing,” Kander said. “Hearings should always be held at easily accessible times for Missourians, especially when dealing with legislation as controversial and complicated as these proposals. The committee should change the timing of this hearing to allow Missourians to more easily be a part of the legislative process.”
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Saturday, February 2, 2013
Higher Education Channel | Mini Law School: Where There's a Will... - Free Full Episode Online
Higher Education Channel | Mini Law School: Where There's a Will... - Free Full Episode Online:
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this will be updated in a month or two
talks mainly about Missouri law. this episode about wills/probate and the like
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this will be updated in a month or two
talks mainly about Missouri law. this episode about wills/probate and the like
Friday, February 1, 2013
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