Missouri Right-to-Work as Freedom of Speech Initiative (2018)
| Missouri Right-to-Work as Freedom of Speech 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 Right-to-Work as Freedom of Speech 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 four versions of the initiative: Initiatives 306, 307, 308, and 309. The proposals would have amended Section 28 of Article 1 of the Missouri Constitution, which addressed the freedom of speech. The proposals would have added language stating that freedom of speech means that workers cannot be forced to join a union or pay fees to a union as a condition of employment.[1][2][3][4]
Thomas also filed a Constitutional Right-to-Work Initiative.
Proposition A, a veto referendum to overturn the state's right-to-work statue, was on the ballot for the election on November 6, 2018. The Right-to-Work as Freedom of Speech Initiative would add a constitutional provision, not a statute, providing for right-to-work.
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.[5]
| Measure 2018-306 | |||||
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| Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to provide that the freedom of speech protects every worker from being forced to join a union (labor organization) or pay a fee to a union in order to gain or keep a job?
State and local government entities estimate no costs or savings from this proposal.[6] | |||||
| Measure 2018-307 | |||||
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| Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to provide that the freedom of speech protects the right of every worker to keep or find a job without being forced, as a condition, to pay any fee to a union (labor organization) or join a union?
State and local government entities estimate no costs or savings from this proposal.[6] | |||||
| Measure 2018-308 | |||||
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| Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to provide that every worker shall be free to keep or find a job without being forced, as a condition, to pay any fee to a union (labor organization) or join a union?
State and local government entities estimate no costs or savings from this proposal.[6] | |||||
| Measure 2018-309 | |||||
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| Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to provide that no person can be forced to pay any fee 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.[6] | |||||
Full text
The full text of the measure is available for Initiative 2018-306, Initiative 2018-307, Initiative 2018-308, and Initiative 2018-309.
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 four versions of the initiative on November 22, 2017.[1][2][3][4]
The initiatives were approved for circulation on January 5, 2018.[5]
Signatures were not filed for the proposals.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 2018-306," November 22, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 2018-307," November 22, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 2018-308," November 22, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative 2018-309," November 22, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed December 4, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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