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Monday, October 5, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Missouri public employees at-will

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court upheld as constitutional a Republican-backed law that stripped public employees of the right to collectively bargain. Most employees are no longer on a merit system and are instead designated as employed at-will.

Read the ruling here.

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