295.020. Definitions.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Definitions.

295.020. 1. The term "board" shall mean the state board ofmediation.

2. The term "collective bargaining" shall be understood toembody the philosophy of bargaining by employees throughrepresentatives of their own choosing, and shall include theright of representatives of employees' units to be consulted andto bargain upon the exceptional as well as the routine wages,hours, rules, and working conditions.

3. The term "employee" shall refer to anyone in the serviceof another, actually engaged in or connected with the operationof any public utility throughout the state.

4. The term "labor dispute" shall involve any controversybetween employer and employees as to hours, wages, and workingconditions. The fact that employees have amicable relations withtheir employers shall not preclude the existence of a disputeamong them concerning their representative for collectivebargaining purposes.

5. The term "person" means any individual, firm,copartnership, corporation, municipal corporation, company,association, or joint-stock association; and includes anytrustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof.

6. The term "public utility" shall include any personengaged in the business of producing, distributing, selling orotherwise furnishing electric light or power, heat, gas, steam,water, sewer service, transportation excepting railroads,communication, or any one or more of them to the people ofMissouri.

7. The term "representative" means any person or persons,labor union, organization, or corporation designated either by autility or group of utilities or by its or their employees to actor do for them.