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More accusations of fraud against ‘Right-To-Work’ ballot question

Started by CIM Network · 10 months ago

As was reported by Colorado Confidential in late April, opponents of a so-called "right-to-work" measure that would change rules for establishing unions in Colorado workplaces are expected to further scrutinize petition signatures that were used to put the measure on the 2008 sta ... Continue reading »

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  • thegrunt

    1 year ago

    What's so great about being in the union?



    Half of Colorado's United Food and Commercial Workers would stop paying union dues if they could, according to the group's local president.



    In a May 1 letter to members, Ernest Duran warns that the right-to-work initiative headed for Colorado's November ballot would decimate his ranks of dues-paying members.



    "If this amendment passes, we will enter all future negotiations divided," Duran wrote. "In my opinion, we will enter with less than 50 percent of the workers as union members."



    If Amendment 47 passes, no one could be forced to pay union dues. Under current state law, those working at union-organized companies may have to pay union dues whether they like it or not.



    Sounds like plenty of Rocky Mountain region grocery workers don't like it. In the right-to-work state of Wyoming, for example, the UFCW counts less than 40 percent of workers at companies where it has organized, Duran laments.



    In any case, unions represent only 8 percent of Colorado workers. And to hear Duran tell it, many of those workers are being held against their will.



    "This letter tells me Colorado workers want the freedom to choose," said Kelley Harp, a spokesman for A Better Colorado, the group that is backing Amendment 47. It "blows the lid off all the reasons the unions give for opposing right to work."



    Mr. Al Lewis of the Denver Post creates basic logic flows in his article yesterday. Maybe members of the various Colorado special interests, including the Denver business community, should read his article.



    While Colorado sits on its duff trying to justify "selling labor peace", Mr. Lewis tumbles to the bottom line.



    UFCW VP, Ernest J. Duran Jr. Esq., is so right about his unions anti-worker choice impacts.



    50% of current UFCW members will leave the UFCW local union if they can keep their jobs at Kings, Albertson's, etc... They will leave with their jobs intact and more cash in their pockets.



    Maybe they'll shoose to spend some of this cash on better healthcare or eduction or maybe get better shelter for their family. Amendment 47 is about protecting Colorado's families right to choose.



    VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT 47, shouldn't all Coloradans have the right to choose, protect their paycheck and keep their jobs?
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  • thegrunt

    1 year ago

    my calling card...



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  • thegrunt

    1 year ago

    Ernie's letter to the troops.



    1. Right to Work will be on the ballot.

    2. 50% of UFCW members will choose to leave union if Amenment 47 passes

    3. $2/anti business ballot signature



    http://www.freeuploadshare.com/DOWNLOAD/4a37c20...
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