Missouri voters reject right-to-work measure

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On Tuesday, voters in Missouri rejected Proposition A, a right-to-work measure that would have banned mandatory union fees in work contracts.

Unions spent millions to defeat the measure, arguing it would lower wages. In 2017, Missouri's Republican-led legislature and governor passed the right-to-work law, but labor unions were able to get enough signatures for a public referendum, and it never took effect. Since 2012, five other GOP-led states have enacted similar laws against mandatory union fees, Fox 4 reports.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.