CNN: Unions notch win in deep-red Missouri with rejection of right-to-work law

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Unions notch win in deep-red Missouri with rejection of right-to-work law

By Eli Watkins, CNN

August 8, 2018

Missouri voters handed the state's unions and the labor movement nationwide a win Tuesday evening, opting to reject the state's right-to-work law.

Tuesday's referendum in the state gave voters the chance to strike down a law the state Legislature passed last year that would prohibit employees from being forced to join a union or to otherwise pay "fair share" fees to a given workplace's union. Rules like this are commonly referred to as "right-to-work" laws, and by prohibiting requirements for employees to join a union or pay fees to a union negotiating on their behalf, they are generally understood to weaken labor organizations in places where they are enacted.  Read more...