Anti-union ‘Right to Work’ legislation has once again come under scrutiny in Missouri State. Voters were called to approve or reject the law and handed a clear-cut win to the state’s trade unions.
At the beginning of August US trade unions struck a rare home run in Missouri. With a 64% majority the unions won the referendum that sought to do away with Right to Work legislation that was passed in 2017.
This was never going to be easy. In June the state’s trade unions suffered a severe defeat in the Supreme Court, which ruled that non-unionized public sector employees were no longer obliged to pay union contribution payments in return for services provided when unions negotiate multi-year salary and benefits agreements (c.f.
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