JEFFERSON CITY — Overturning a 60-year legal precedent, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that teachers and other public employees have a constitutional right to engage in collective bargaining with their government employers.
Missouri court rules in favor of unions
Governments can’t back out of contracts made with public-sector employees.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 4:41 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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