Missouri’s Labor Victory Won’t Reverse the Decline of Unions
Organized labor has enjoyed public support for decades. It’s still dying.
by Vauhini Vara
Aug 09, 2018
3 minutes
On Tuesday night, as it became clear that voters in Missouri had—by a two-to-one margin—rejected a state law meant to reduce unions’ power, the president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, declared, “The defeat of this poisonous anti-worker legislation is a victory for all workers across the country.” He added, “Tonight is the latest act of working people changing a rigged system that for decades has been favoring corporations, the mega-wealthy, and the privileged few.”
The legislation in question was a law passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature last year and signed by the
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