From The Huffington Post: Missouri Voters Show Right-To-Work Is A Political Loser, Even In Trump States
By LEO W. GERARD
President, United Steelworkers of America
On [Aug. 7]...Missouri voters trounced a right-to-work law pushed by CEOs, corporations and radical right-wingers intent on killing collective bargaining. The law was passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature last year before advocates successfully petitioned for a direct referendum on the measure.
It was the second time in 40 years that Missourians kicked right-to-work to the curb. Ohio voters did the same in 2011.
The problem with trying to peddle right-to-work in the Show-Me State is that it has nothing to do with rights or jobs. Right-to-work is about power. Right-to-work states take power from workers and hand it to corporations, CEOs and wealthy shareholders. Right-to-work makes the rich richer. It makes workers poorer. No wonder Missouri voters crushed it by a 2-to-1 margin. No wonder Ohioans knocked it back.