Corporate lobbyists want to pass so-called “right to work” laws nationwide to weaken unions and crush organized labor. In Missouri, Republican lawmakers recently held a strategy session with a number of right-wing special interest groups where they laid out their plan to pass such an anti-union law.
At one point, Steve Hunter, a former Missouri lawmaker who took up work as a lobbyist after leaving public service, told the Republicans that they would lose donors if they don’t take up a radical anti-union bill: “If you don’t take on the fights, and these guys that are giving money? I mean, this is just all basic 101. You’re going to start losing donors.”
Another speaker promises that if lawmakers push for this bill, “we want to make sure your backs are covered when it comes time for re-election. And that’s where we come in. To have the groundwork laid for you. So your backs can be covered.”
Progress Missouri captured these remarks and others in an audio recording of the entire meeting. Listen to it:
susie smith says:
I think we need to get the money out of political campaigns. I have a petition to ban campaign contributions and implement mandatory publicly-funded campaigns. If you think it’s a good idea, please sign. We need 100,000 signatures by March to have the White House consider it. http://wh.gov/p72R
nunya says:
we will never give up our guns and we do not yeald to TERRORIST like obama this is our country we dont care how meney u got strong we are stronger from milltrey to people our CONSTITUTION WILL NEVER WAVER AND NEATHER WILL WE
flash157 says:
You can fight bigotry and ignorance , or you can fight illiteracy. But apparently not both, Nunya!