Posted on February 1st, 2007
ColoradoSenateNews.com
Senate Republicans are rallying for a showdown with House Bill 1072. They will offer a blizzard of amendments to the Democrat bill allowing closed, forced-dues shops at Colorado workplaces, according to two GOP senators who will help lead the floor fight.
“We can’t stop the train, but hopefully we can slow it down long enough to […]
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Posted on January 30th, 2007
Denver Post: denver & the west
Union bill ticks off business
Time is on Ritter’s side
By Jeri Clausing, Post Capitol Bureau Chief, Denver Post
Article Last Updated:01/27/2007 10:08:59 PM MST
Everyone knew it was going to happen. They just didn’t expect it to happen this fast.
And in politics, timing is everything.
Just two weeks after Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter took […]
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Posted on January 30th, 2007
The right of individual workers in Colorado to choose whether they want union representation is under attack. “HB 1072: Empowering Union Leaders, Not Workers,” a new issue backgrounder by policy analyst Ben DeGrow, Education Policy Analyst, Independence Institute, explains how a basic worker protection in the 60-year-old Colorado Labor Peace Act is being undermined by […]
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