Colorado Unions, Employers Settle Ballot Dispute
Four proposed constitutional amendments that organizations representing Colorado employers said would have had a devastating impact on businesses in the state have been withdrawn from November's ballot.
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October 3, 2008
Colorado Unions, Employers Settle Ballot Dispute
Four proposed constitutional amendments that organizations representing
Colorado employers said would have had a devastating impact on businesses in the
state have been withdrawn from November's ballot, after a deal worked out with
labor supporters that had proposed them.
A spokeswoman for the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce said the amendments
were withdrawn in exchange for $3 million in funding from businesses to support
union opposition to proposed anti-union laws. The spokeswoman said the chamber
was not contributing to the fund.
The amendments would have eliminated "at will" employment in the state and
require private employers to have a "just cause" before terminating employees;
mandate that all companies with at least 20 employees provide health insurance
for workers and their dependents; remove the workers compensation "exclusive
remedy" provision; and hold corporate officials criminally liable for illegal
company activities.
Opponents of the amendments called them a poison pill by labor supporters as
part of a strategy to have the anti-union measures withdrawn. The measures
included a right-to-work provision banning compulsory union membership.
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