Flanked by dozens of union members, a group of Colorado Democrats unveiled legislation Tuesday to remove a unique barrier to union organizing in the state.
The proposal, which will not be introduced until the legislative session starts in early January, would repeal an 81-year-old requirement that unions in Colorado pass a second election to require dues from all workers they represent. Colorado is the only state with such a rule, legislators said.
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Before the Tuesday news conference was over, several business groups released a joint statement opposing the proposal as a disruption of the state’s long-standing labor laws. Loren Furman, the president and CEO of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, said the proposal “would be counterintuitive to our goal of elevating Colorado’s competitiveness at a time when we should be making it easier to do business here.”
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