Missouri voters delivered a resounding victory to unions Tuesday, rejecting a right-to-work law against compulsory union fees that had been passed by Republican state officials but placed on hold for more than a year after organized labor petitioned for a referendum.
National and local labor unions spent millions of dollars to defeat Proposition A, hoping to reverse the momentum against them from a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling and the adoption of similar laws limiting labor powers in other historically strong union states.
The referendum marked the first chance for the public to weigh in on union powers since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in late June that public sector employees cannot be compelled to pay fees to unions. Missouri’s ballot measure essentially would have extended that to all private sector employees, mirroring laws that already exist in 27 other states.
At issue are so-called fair-share fees, which are less than full dues but are intended to cover unions’ nonpolitical costs such as collective bargaining…..
Did Scott for Clay or for his opponent, who is both a “Cori” and a “Bush.”
I voted for Cori Bush but I’m fine with Clay holding on.
Of course the bigger news coming out of Missouri is that Right to Work has gone down to a resounding defeat in another stinging rebuke to disgraced former Gov. Eric Greitens.
Also in Missouri over 120,000 voted in the Democratic primary in the 2nd Congressional District and only 80,000 voted on the Republican one. This seat is R+7–same as Ohio 12.
True the Democratic primary was fairly competitive (though the front runner Cort Van Ostrom easily won) and Wagner only has minimal opposition but still a good sign for a competitive race in this suburban district.