Rare Labor-Business Bill Protects Doe Run Co.

Date Posted: September 23, 2013

Posted In: Workforce,

From the St. Louis Beacon:   For Missouri Rep. Genise Montecillo, her decision to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill limiting court-ordered damages against the Doe Run Co. came down to one thing: organized labor.

Montecillo, D-St. Louis County, had initially voted against the bill, HB650, last spring — along with most of the Missouri House’s Democrats

Genise Montecillo at right

But Montecillo is the daughter of a union ironworker. She changed her mind for the veto session when she was told of the possibility that union workers could be hired to build Doe Run’s new processing plant in Herculaneum.

That, according to Montecillo, was “the heart” of her vote. “The Iron Workers said it was something that was needed – it was work,” she said. “I made a commitment to my constituents … that I would do everything I can to support jobs and get people back to work.”

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