DISQUS

thegrunt · 1 year ago

"Certainly, support of 'right to work' is a basic business principle. Allowing unions the ability to organize, but not requiring workers to participate or pay dues, makes sense in our world." - Joe Blake, June 2008

erinrosa · 1 year ago

And yet it didn't garner the chamber's support.

thegrunt · 1 year ago

Go check out the board of this semi-pro business organization. Ask yourself how many of these people are principles, owners, maintain the treasury function, sign the paychecks, etc...



The Denver Chamber has a bunch of horseholders and lawyers on the board. Horseholders need that next invite to Hick's PJ party, the disese dinner of the week or Auggie's next shotski party. Horseholders really have no fiduciary accountablitiy.



Horseholders wet their pants when power enters the room as most have positioned themselves such that this Chamber is their current 'profile thing'. Further, if they need to show their out of town boss that they're 'engaged in Denver' and know all the 'players' that dine at the Capital Grille and Palm.



At least Joe Blake had the sense to cover his behind and support RTW.

vanzetti · 1 year ago

That comment makes no sense. If you are some underling of the CEO, you are tying to impress them and do their bidding. There is no way you are going to go against the boss' wishes. No way. The fact that this Chamber overwhelming voted to not support Amendment 47 shows that the businesses they represent did not support it. This is not a vote on how the members feel personally, but how the businesses they represent feel. And those businesses have all the responsibilities you claim the Chambers' members lack.

Your argument is nothing more than conservatives grasping at straws to explain why an extremely pro-business organization would not support an amendment designed to hurt workers. Maybe these businesses realize that a strong, well paid, unionized workforce is a better workforce, despite all the reactionary rhetoric to the contrary from the likes of wingnut Jonathan Coors.

thegrunt · 1 year ago

The shameful and corrupt Denver Chamber vote to oppose Amendment 47 is wrong on numerous fronts.



There are clear social and economic benefits to allowing workers to freely choose whether or not to associate with a union. From job creation to the number of employees covered by health insurance, Right to Work states have consistently exceeded their non-Right to Work counterparts in almost every metric of economic performance.



The values promoted by this Chamber are generally admirable, yet when asked to support the extension of equal rights to all Coloradans the Chamber sadly balked.



Amendment 47 would also bring the same rights state employees and state management enjoy to all Coloradans. Just 9 months ago the Governor gave state employees (and state management) this same protection when he invited the Unions to organize state employees in the name of partnership. The Chamber, led by the Governor