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INDEPENDENCE-NAT. EDUCATION ASSOC. v. INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL DIST.

No. SC 87980.

223 S.W.3d 131 (2007)

INDEPENDENCE-NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Independence-Transportation Employees Association, Independence-Educational Support Personnel, Randi Louise Mallett, and Ron Cochran, Appellants, v. INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL DISTRICT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

May 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sally E. Baker, Loretta K. Haggard, St. Louis, for Appellants.

Duane A. Martin, Shellie L. Guin, Kansas City, Thomas A. Mickes, Chesterfield, for Respondent.

Veralene Campfield, Columbia, for amicus curiae Missouri State Teachers' Association.

Penney R. Rector, Jefferson City, for amicus curiae Missouri Council of School Administrators.

Melissa K. Randol, Kyle M. Farmer, Columbia, for amicus curiae Missouri School Board's Association and Missouri Municipal League.

Frederic O. Wickham, Brian P. Wood, Kansas City, for amicus curiae American Federation of Teachers-Missouri.

MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Chief Justice.

I. Introduction

The Missouri Constitution's bill of rights contains the following guarantee: "employees shall have the right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing." Missouri Constitution article I, section 29.

This case raises two issues:

1. Does the "right to organize and to bargain collectively" apply to public employees as well as private-sector...

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