Show-Me Minute - Union Elections

Show-Me Institute Podcast · Nov 21, 2017 · 1m

In an election year, you can vote for anyone you choose. But if you’re a union government worker, like many police officers, teachers and firefighters in Missouri, the odds are good you have no choice at all. Imagine we voted for our public officials once and only once for a lifetime appointment. Would that be fair? In Missouri, once a union becomes the exclusive representative for a group of public employees, the union remains in power indefinitely. Another election is not scheduled unless employees can push through a decertification election…a difficult and often expensive process. Why not…