By Sahid Fawaz

Good news for workers in Missouri: the state’s highest court will allow a critical referendum to proceed.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports:

“A last-ditch legal effort to derail a vote by Missourians on whether they want the state to become a “right to work” state has been rejected.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Thursday that it would not take up an appeal of a lower court ruling that paved the way for labor unions to place a question on the November 2018 ballot asking whether voters want the new law.

At issue is a controversial law approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Eric Greitens that bans the collection of union dues as a condition of employment.

The governor and fellow Republicans argue such a law will create jobs and lure businesses to the Show-me state. It was the cornerstone of a number of pro-business initiatives approved by the Republican majorities that control state government.

Unions including the Missouri AFL-CIO contend the law is anti-worker and used a little-used law to ban the implementation of the law until a vote is held.”

For more on this development, check out the rest of the story at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch here.

Subscribe to the Nations largest union directory and blog site!

Email *

Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Labor 411. (You can unsubscribe anytime)

Constant Contact Use.

---

_{By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: Senders Communications Group, 21201 Victory Blvd. #235, Canoga Park, CA, 91303, http://www.sendersgroup.com. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact}

Featured Posts:

Half a Century Later, Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino Continue to Agitate

In 1965, Luis Valdez returned to his hometown of Delano to pitch an idea to United Farm Workers leader Cesar ...
Read More

Civil Rights Pioneer Reverend James Lawson Jr. Receives UCLA’s Highest Honor

The man who Martin Luther King once praised as the “leading theorist and strategist for non-violence in the world" has ...
Read More