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Missouri Amendment 2, Collective Bargaining Rights for Emergency Personnel Initiative (2002)
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| Topic Collective bargaining and Labor disputes and strikes |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Missouri Amendment 2 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Missouri on November 5, 2002. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Missouri State Constitution to grant firefighters, ambulance personnel, and emergency dispatchers the right to collectively bargain with their employers but prohibit them from striking. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the Missouri State Constitution to grant firefighters, ambulance personnel, and emergency dispatchers the right to collectively bargain with their employers but prohibit them from striking. |
Election results
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Missouri Amendment 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 840,493 | 48.81% | ||
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881,395 | 51.19% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:
| “ | Constitutional Amendment #2 (Proposed by Initiative Petition) Official Ballot Title Shall Article XIII of the Missouri Constitution be amended to permit specified firefighters and ambulance personnel, and dispatchers of fire departments, fire districts, ambulance districts and ambulance departments and fire and emergency medical services dispatchers of dispatch agencies, to organize and bargain collectively in good faith with their employers through representatives of their own choosing and to enter into enforceable collective bargaining contracts with their employers concerning wages, hours, binding arbitration and all other terms and conditions of employment, except that nothing in this amendment shall grant to the aforementioned employees the right to strike? The annual costs to paid fire departments and districts, ambulance departments and districts, and dispatch agencies to enter into collective bargaining contracts are approximately $251,600 to $3,145,000, depending upon the number of entities entering into such contracts. | ” |
Path to the ballot
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Missouri, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is based on the number of votes cast for governor in the state's most recent gubernatorial election. In two-thirds of Missouri's congressional districts, proponents must collect signatures equal to 8% of the gubernatorial vote for initiated constitutional amendments. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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