DISQUS

thegrunt · 1 year ago

Colorado's 32,000 state employees could be unionized after the upcoming worker mail-in election. We welcome your effort to bring employees choice.



At least the Governor protected state employees with real employee free choice - the Right-to-Work.



State workers do not face forced dues and/or forced unionism in Colorado, thanks to the Governor.

erinrosa · 1 year ago

What I'm so curious about is why PCF chose this issue in particular? The fact that ex-cons are collecting signatures is certainly nothing new, especially when considering that the work is hard and that it can be very difficult to find jobs with a criminal record.

wendynorris · 1 year ago

Jeebus, once more with feeling...

(1) Federal law prohibits compulsory union membership.
(2) Gov. Ritter's executive order on employee organizing is in no way, shape or form an endorsement of Right-to-work.

Right-to-work proponents, like you, really do your cause a disservice by repeating known inaccuracies. So knock yourself out but I won't allow these untruthful comments to stand unchallenged on The Colorado Independent.

thegrunt · 1 year ago

"As for state employees who do not wish to join a union, they will not be forced to do so. That is illegal under federal law, and any union that does successfully organize state employees in Colorado will be required to operate in a "right-to-work" environment, not unlike the Denver Newspaper Guild's agreement with The Denver Post, in which employees have the choice not to pay agency fees or dues to a union despite the fact that the union contract covers all applicable workers." - Erin Rosa The Colorado Independent 11/07/07



Sounds like 67,000 state workers have a Colorado specific Right to Work to me!



Shouldn't all Coloradans have the real employee free choice provided by the governor?

protectcoloradosfuture · 1 year ago

I would like to think of felons as people who can be able to work any job, with any kind of co-worker and customer. But logic tells you that sometimes temptation can become to much for someone who has already crossed that line of morality. Why give these people the temptation that may be to much for them to handle? Signing petitions should not be like playing a game of chance with the criminally minded.
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wendynorris · 1 year ago

So, since compulsory union membership is already prohibited by federal law, are you admitting that Amendment 47 is redundant and an unnecessary provision to the Colorado constitution?

thegrunt · 1 year ago

No, your position is that federal law covers compulsory unionism. If so, why do you worry about Amendment 47.



Here is what you get with Beck rights...

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thegrunt · 1 year ago

UFCW harasses a 16 year old girl.



Sweet, thats the employee free choice Big Unions are all about.

mtnmike · 1 year ago

Erin Rosa

Posted 07/14/2008 11:22am with +0 votes

What I

jenny4240 · 1 year ago

I really don't want convicted sex offenders and thieves knowing exactly where I live. I'm sure there are other jobs these people can find that don't involve going up to people who are with their children and asking for their address.

thegrunt · 1 year ago

Talk about private information in others hands. I hear the Unions are trying to pass a bill that allows the unions to come to your house and do a card check vote. They have all your personal information, all your work information (seniority, wage, co-workers). What if you don't agree, the Union goes away with a grudge and all your personal info. Amedment 47 is real employee free choice - the choice to join or not join in a secret ballot.



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rckymtnsurfer · 1 year ago

I really hope #53 doesn't make the ballot. As I just posted on a related article, #53 is one o the most deceptive measures ever to be thrust upon Colorado. The language and packaging of it is completely misleading, nothing in what the backers are calling the