Missouri Chamber of Commerce urging lawmakers to vote down proposals that would forbid businesses from requiring vaccines – ABC17NEWS

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Business desires the Missouri Common Meeting to vote down proposals that might forbid Missouri companies from requiring vaccines.

Chamber President and CEO Daniel P. Mehan says “It’s the place of the Missouri Chamber that these proposals are authorities overreach.”

The group despatched the next letter:

To the Members of the Missouri Common Meeting,
In these remaining days of session, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Business is asking on you to face up in opposition to authorities overreach.
It was improper when the federal authorities tried to dictate employer vaccination insurance policies — and it could be simply as improper for state lawmakers to observe the Biden administration down this path of interfering with employer rights.
This week we anticipate to see makes an attempt to revoke the long-held employer capability to make choices about office vaccination.
Make no mistake, these proposals are anti-business and violate the precept of free enterprise. They’re usually aligned with trial lawyer pursuits, looking for to open companies to a flood of recent lawsuits.
This final week of session, please take heed to the lots of of enterprise leaders from throughout Missouri who proceed to talk out in opposition to these dangerous proposals.
Irrespective of the difficulty, when authorities makes an attempt to achieve into enterprise affairs, our place is straightforward and constant — Let Enterprise Resolve.
Please help Missouri’s enterprise neighborhood. We ask you to vote down any measures geared toward taking rights away from Missouri’s job creators.

Daniel P. Mehan
President and CEO
Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Business

The laws awaits a remaining Home vote.