By DAVID A. LIEB , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The steady march of new right-to-work laws in Republican-led states hit a wall in Missouri, where voters resoundingly rejected a measure that could have weakened union finances after national and local labor groups poured millions of dollars into the campaign against it. Missouri’s…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri voters are deciding whether to implement a right-to-work law limiting labor union powers that had been passed more than a year ago by Republican state officials. The law has been on hold since labor groups petitioned to force a public referendum. If voters approve it, Missouri would become the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Opponents of the Right To Work measure are giving a final push to urge Missourians to vote no ahead of next week’s Primary Election. Members of family well-being organizations gathered at Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being on Tuesday for a news conference to speak out against Proposition A. President and CEO of the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The group fighting a ballot measure that would make Missouri a right-to-work state has outraised its opponents by more than $4 million. The fundraising totals, released this week by the Missouri Ethics Commission, show a large financial advantage for We Are Missouri, a group opposed to banning mandatory union fees…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Community Leaders and activists took to the streets to voice their opposition to Proposition A, also known as ‘Right to Work.” The concerned citizens gathered outside the Williams Temple in north St. Louis Tuesday morning. One of the featured speakers, Brad Bakker, associate attorney at Armstrong Teasdale and Democratic candidate for…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State senators have voted to move up the date of a public vote on whether Missouri should be a right-to-work state. Senators voted 23-7 on the measure early Friday morning after Democrats fought overnight to block a vote. The proposal deals with a right-to-work law banning mandatory union fees that…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Opponents forced the suspension Friday of a new Missouri law banning mandatory union fees after delivering dozens of boxes containing what they say are more than 300,000 signed petitions demanding it be put to a public vote. More than 1,000 people hoping to block the right-to-work law rallied at the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri appellate judges are changing the description of a Missouri referendum aimed at repealing right to work Missouri Western District Court of Appeals judges on Friday ruled to switch back to the original summary approved by Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office. A summary is meant to help voters understand…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Supporters of right to work in Missouri are coming together to raise money to fend off attacks on the new law. Liberty Alliance attorney Edward Greim says the political action committee’s goal is to support the law banning mandatory union fees, which is set to take effect in August. Union…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Right-to-work supporters are trying to derail an effort by labor leaders to ask voters whether Missouri should ban mandatory union fees and dues. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/2okvzI5 ) that a lawsuit filed Friday in Cole County claims a summary of the referendum proposal has “embarrassing” grammatical errors and…