JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) A Missouri judge is blocking additional restrictions
on public unions from taking effect as a legal challenge to the new law plays
out.
St. Louis County Circuit Judge Joseph Walsh on Friday temporarily blocked the
law. He wrote in his order that the unions challenging the law appear likely to
succeed.
At issue is legislation passed by Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature to
require some public employee labor unions to hold an election every three years
on whether workers want to continue their representation. It also requires those
unions to get annual permission to deduct dues from workers’ paychecks.
Walsh says the law violates Missouri’s constitutional right to collective
bargaining.
Spokesman Chris Nuelle says the Attorney General’s Office is reviewing the
ruling and will continue to defend the constitutionality of state laws.
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