Missouri Constitutional Right-to-Work Initiative (2018)
| Missouri Constitutional Right-to-Work Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Labor and unions | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Constitutional Right-to-Work Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.
Patricia Thomas, treasurer of the Missouri Republican Party, filed multiple versions of the initiative, including Initiative 304, Initiative 305, and Initiative 310. Both versions would have amended Section 29 of Article 1 of the Missouri Constitution, which said that employees have a right to collective bargaining. The initiatives would have added that "no person shall be forced to: (1) become, remain, or refrain from becoming a member of a union; or (2) pay any dues, fees, assessments, or other similar charges however denominated of any kind or amount" to a union, labor organization, or third party.[1][2][3]
Thomas also filed a Right-to-Work as Freedom of Speech Initiative.
Proposition A, a veto referendum to overturn the state's right-to-work statue, was on the ballot for the election on August 7, 2018. Voters repealed the right-to-work law.
Text of measure
Ballot title
As multiple versions of this initiative were filed for circulation, the secretary of state crafted a ballot title for each one.[4]
| Measure 2018-304 | |||||
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| Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to provide that every employee shall have the freedom to work without being forced to pay any fees to a union (labor organization) or join a union in order to gain or keep a job?
State and local government entities estimate no costs or savings from this proposal.[5] | |||||
| Measure 2018-305 | |||||
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| Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to provide that every employee shall have the freedom to work without being forced to pay any fees to a union (labor organization) or join a union in order to get or keep a job?
State and local government entities estimate no costs or savings from this proposal.[5] | |||||
| Measure 2018-310 | |||||
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| Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to provide that employees shall have the freedom to get jobs and keep their jobs without being forced to pay any fees to a union (labor organization) or join a union?
State and local government entities estimate no costs or savings from this proposal.[5] | |||||
Full text
The full text of the measure is available for Initiative 2018-304, Initiative 2018-305, and Initiative 2018-310.
Path to the ballot
Supporters of the initiative were required to collect a number of signatures equivalent to 8 percent of the 2016 gubernatorial vote in six of the eight state congressional districts. This means that the minimum possible number of valid signatures required was 160,199. Signatures needed to be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election on November 6, 2018. Six months prior to the election was May 6, 2018.
Patricia Thomas, treasurer of the Missouri Republican Party, filed one version on November 9, 2017, and two versions of the initiative on November 22, 2017.[1][2][3]
The initiatives were approved for circulation between December 19, 2017, and January 5, 2018.[4]
Signatures were not filed for the proposals.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 304," November 9, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 305," November 22, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 310," November 22, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed December 4, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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