Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) vetoed a bill on Tuesday that would've created a database of information on all Missouri residents who have filed workers' compensation claims for workplace injuries. The database would have made the personal information of the program filers available to private employers. Nixon said the proposed database is an "affront" to the privacy rights of the state's citizens.

Mike Louis, Missouri AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer, announced support for the veto:

With his veto pen, Governor Nixon again demonstrates his support for the rights of Missouri workers. The bill would have unfairly given employers online access to personal data of Missouri workers injured on the job. Our state elected officials should work to make workplaces safer, not violate privacy rights of hardworking Missourians. We applaud Governor Nixon's veto of this unnecessary bill and call upon leaders in the House and Senate to improve workplace safety and strengthen our workers' compensation system instead of looking for ways to give employers such broad access to sensitive personal data.