By Kurt Erickson and Jack Suntrup St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS • Fueled by more than $15 million in campaign spending and laser-sharp attention from national labor unions, voters solidly rejected an attempt to make Missouri a “right to work” state. With 95 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday night, unofficial results showed the ballot question asking whether […]
JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri voters will decide whether to make Missouri a “right-to-work” state in the August primary election, rather than in November. In one of two anti-union measures approved Thursday, the Republican-controlled House voted 96-47 to move the date of the vote to the lower-turnout election, arguing that the issue needs to be […]
A few thousand union members from across Missouri rallied at the Statehouse in Jefferson City on a cloudy Wednesday afternoon, against a right-to-work referendum and for worker safety. Senate Minority Leader Gina Walsh, D-Bellefontaine Neighbors, reminded the audience that 60 percent of Missourians rejected a right-to-work ballot measure in 1978. “We told them (right-to-work backers) […]