This Springfield News Leader editorial is well reasoned and acknowledges the constitutional rights of Missouri public employees to true collective bargaining.  When will the City of Columbia realize that the once a year session they hold with their worker's unions does not pass constitutional requirements?

City, unions share interests
Common ground on collective bargaining requires common goals
 Oct. 9, 2013  

Unions and employers often see issues from opposite points of view, but in the case of the city and its employees, we believe there are enough shared interests that negotiations on new collective bargaining rules should be able to provide a positive vision for everyone involved.


http://www.news-leader.com/article/20131009/OPINIONS01/310090038/City-unions-share-interests?odyssey=nav%7Chead