The most anticipated veto of this year’s legislative session took place on Friday, when Gov. Jared Polis rejected the proposal to eliminate a key requirement before labor organizations can negotiate imposing union dues on non-union members, arguing it failed to meet important thresholds that would maintain stability.
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Loren Furman, president of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, applauded the governor for his veto.
“Today’s veto is a recognition of the good faith effort and concessions we were willing to make to strike a compromise,” she said in a statement Friday. “We applaud the governor for standing with employees across Colorado who deserve a say in how they spend their hard-earned paychecks. Jobs and livelihoods should not be put at risk because a worker chooses not to support union officials who they do not feel represent them or may use their dues to support political causes they disagree with.”
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