Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Saturday, February 10, 2007 10:48:26 AM
We are not a union family. I did belong to a union at one time, but that was in a state that was not a right to work state.
It was my first job, and I was a grocery carry out boy. I was paid five cents an hour over minimum wage, and just by chance, the union dues were five cents an hour. I gained mightily by belonging to a union! If I had had a choice, I would have happily forfeited the extra nickle because I was paying social security and other taxes on it, but I never saw it.
Colorado isn't a right to work state, but it is close. The Labor Peace Act makes it difficult for unions to organize union shops. In a union shop, all employees are required to pay union dues, whether they belong to a union or not. Had HB 1072 not been vetoed, my wife would not have had the option not to pay union dues.
Make no mistake. Colorado elected a Democratic Governor who is determined to see a bill like 1072 passed and signed into law. There will be another version, and he will sign it.
Yes, he will make a big show of ensuring that his allies in the legislature "negotiate" with business, but the negotiations will be hollow.
People I know will be paying union dues against their will before the year is out.