Missouri’s Labor Victory Won’t Reverse the Decline of Unions
Organized labor has enjoyed public support for decades. It’s still dying.
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
