The out-of-state special interest supporting S.O.S. are pushing to keep the old broken system in place. A system that favors corporate CEO's over Missouri workers. They want to lock into Missouri's Constitution the perks and privileges they have - while denying workers the right to choose how they form a union.
Unfortunately, current law puts the decisions about forming unions and bargaining in the hands of corporations, not workers. In our company-dominated system, corporations deny workers the freedom to choose a union, and they have free rein to coerce, intimidate and even fire employees to keep them from forming a union to bargain for their economic well-being.
So how are workers and CEO's treated differently when workers start to form a union? :
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What Happens When |
Typical CEO |
You |
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Get’s Hired |
Signs a detailed contract with the company. The contract specifies compensation, working conditions, and responsibilities. |
Is employed “at-will” can be fired anytime for any reason regardless of job-performance unless there is a union contract in place. |
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Get’s fired |
Often has a “Golden Parachute” that has the company pay their salary even if they were fired for poor performance. |
You are on your own. Corporations often contest unemployment benefits even if there are no grounds to do so. Worker may have to go months without a paycheck or unemployment insurance. A union contract protects workers from being fired without cause. |
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Has a problem with the boss. |
No problem I am the boss! |
Without a contract workers are at the whim of their supervisors and managers. |
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When Workers Try to Form a Union |
75% Chance he will hire an outside “union busting” consultant to intimidate workers.1 |
1 in 5: chance you and your co-workers who want to form a union will be fired.2 77% chance that you and your co-workers will be subjected to one-on-one interrogations about the union.3 |
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Tell S.O.S. that the Missouri Constitution is no place for CEO perks! 1 and 3. Kate Bronfenbrenner, "No Holds Barred: The Intensification of Employer Opposition to Organizing," May 20, 2009. 2. John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer, "Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns," Center for Economic Policy Research report, January 2007. |
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Tell the out-of-state special interest that the Missouri Constitution is no place for CEO perks! Say NO to S.O.S!
