Gov. Jared Polis made good Friday on his threat to veto a pro-union bill backed by every legislative Democrat and the state’s labor organizations, a move that’s likely to deepen the governor’s rift with key parts of the party’s coalition and set up a 2026 ballot fight.
Polis’ office announced his rejection of Senate Bill 5 on Friday afternoon, 10 days after it cleared the legislature. In his veto letter, the governor said he was open to changing the state’s Labor Peace Act, “if agreed to by both labor and business.”
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Loren Furman, the president and CEO of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, praised Polis for the veto in a statement Friday, and she said business leaders had negotiated in good faith.
“SB-5 would have also threatened our statewide business climate at a time when we should be fostering a competitive economy,” Furman wrote. “We want Colorado to be a top state where business leaders choose to invest and create jobs, and vetoing SB-5 preserves the unique labor laws that set us apart from other states.”
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