<b>Missouri</b> gubernatorial candidates on workforce issues

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BRANSON MO NEWS: Democratic candidate Chris Koster speaks during the first general-election debate Sept. 30 in the race for Missouri governor at the Missouri Press Association convention in Branson, Missouri.Jeff Roberson ~ Associated PressJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster and Republican former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens will face off Nov. 8 in Missouri’s gubernatorial election.
The Associated Press asked the candidates by phone about several workforce issues.
Here’s how they responded:
Should Missouri adopt a right-to-work law, which would prohibit workplace contracts with mandatory union fees?
Koster: “I am against right-to-work for Missouri. There are a lot of wealthy Missourians who will, from time to time, come up to me and advocate that Missouri would be a better state if people who are paid by the hour earned less money. But when I talk to the woman who stocks the shelves at my grocery store who makes $11 an hour, she tells me that if her wage was to fall to $9.50 an hour, it would be harder to put food on her family’s table.
Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens speaks to supporters in Chesterfield, Missouri.Michael Thomas ~ Associated Press”The reality is, no matter how you slice the data, (workers …