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EDITORIAL: Big Labor’s power grab is a slam-dunk veto

Colorado Springs Gazette·The Gazette Editorial Board·28 days ago
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The word at the Capitol is that this year’s attempt to deny workers a vote on paying union dues is dead on arrival when it reaches the desk of Gov. Jared Polis. Same as last year.  Let’s hope so. It would be great news not only for Colorado’s economy and its ebbing ability to attract investment in new jobs — but also for our state’s workers.  Those workers have the right under federal law to vote on unionizing their workplace. That’s not in question. What’s at stake here is a push by power-hungry organized labor and its minions in the legislature to kill a long-standing state law assuring employees at a newly unionized workplace a separate, second vote on whether they all have to pay union dues. Respecting the right of workers to opt out of hefty union dues — if they don’t want to join the union in the first place — seems like a no-brainer. Yet, House Bill 26-1005 — sponsored by state Reps. Javier Mabrey, D-Denver, and Jennifer Bacon, D-Denver, as well as state Sens.…

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