Colorado: Right-to-Work Amendment gains steam
According to the Denver Business Journal:
Colorado's National Federation of Independent Business has endorsed Amendment 47, the so-called right-to-work ballot initiative that would prohibit unions from collecting mandatory dues in workplaces that engage in collective bargaining.
As a national organization, NFIB supports the right-to-work concept, said Tony Gagliardi, director of Colorado NFIB.
He said 59 percent of the local chapter supported Amendment 47, which the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry also backs.
Other right-to-work supporters include the Western Colorado Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors, and the Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs.
Despite NFIB's endorsement, Gagliardi said the group won't give financial support to the right-to-work campaign since the organization plans to focus its resources on opposing several ballot initiatives supported by organized labor.
This month, Colorado NFIB announced that it's joined Coloradans for Responsible Reform in an effort to fight an impending flood of ballot initiatives supported by labor unions... click to continue.
