Board may oppose right-to-work issue
By David Milstead, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published June 3, 2008 at 6 p.m.
The board of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce will consider opposing a right-to-work ballot issue as well as a host of labor-backed initiatives.
The board's Legislative Policy Committee voted Tuesday to recommend opposing all the ballot initiatives, according to a source familiar with the matter. The full board, which has the power to make a different decision, meets on the issue next week.
Brewery heir Jonathan Coors and other conservatives are backing the right-to-work measure, which would change the state's constitution by doing away with the current process allowing employees to vote on whether they want to set up an all-union shop. Such arrangements require all workers covered by collective-bargaining contracts to contribute financially in return for being represented by a union.
The Denver chamber has advocated for Colorado's Labor Peace Act, which requires a special worker vote to establish an all-union shop. The chamber has felt that moving away from the Labor Peace Act in either direction could be harmful to the state's economy.
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June 4, 2008
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jbowen43 writes:
Why is this story buried in the business section?
June 4, 2008
4:41 p.m.
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jacka writes:
Ah, just back from Utah a RTW state. I noticed no economic downturn there. You must love that chamber. They give their governor a free pass when he unionizes state employees, costing them millions in new future taxes.
Then they co-opt Big Unions corruption of 'selling labor peace'. Obviously the chamber is a tool of big corporations who need to su_k up to union-led politicians running things in Colorado [Denver].
Let me see, what new tax increase package will the denver chamber of commerce endorse next?
Denver chamber, they never met a proposal for bigger government, more taxes or less self-determination thay they didn't like.
June 5, 2008
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jacka writes:
The Politicians...http://www.youtube.com/...