Coalition of Graduate Workers, Eric Scott, David L. Elliott, Joseph Dean Moore and Doug Valentine Missouri Cases

The Coalition of Graduate Workers and individual graduate workers sued the Curators of the University of Missouri, seeking a declaration that graduate workers are employees under the Missouri Constitution and an order to collectively bargain. The trial court granted summary judgment for the graduate workers. The appellate court affirmed the finding that graduate workers are employees, but reversed the order to recognize and bargain with CGW, remanding the case for further proceedings. The court found that the election held by CGW did not comply with statutory procedures for non-teacher graduate workers.