Comments on: Union officials request election for 9,000+ state employees

By: knuckledraggingguard

knuckledraggingguard — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I guess I would think that 47 protects a working mans freedom of choice, if maybe BIG BUSINESS wasnt the driving force behind it. I think that grunt is urinating down our backs and trying to tell us its raining. If time and time again, he can ignore the constant reminders from several people that under federal law NO ONE IS FORCED TO JOIN A UNION. I have to think he has an agenda. maybe he gets paid to put out misinformation.

By: thegrunt

thegrunt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Compulsory Unionism Batters [Denver] Bricklayers

‘Depleted’ Union Till, Not Disappearing Jobs, Worries Union Chief

http://www.nrtwc.org/nl/nl200807p3.pdf

By: wendynorris

wendynorris — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

C'mon, man. Nobody is forced to join a union. Federal law prohibits compulsory union membership.

By: thegrunt

thegrunt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Amendment 47 protects worker rights, including the right to strike, collective bargaining and the right to organize and belong to a union.

The Colorado Right to Work Amendment simply removes the requirement that workers MUST join a union as a condition of employment.

By: thegrunt

thegrunt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Why would anyone protest ColoradoWINS efforts.

State employees have the Right to Work — the freedom to choose to join or not join the union.

That girlfriend is real employee free choise.

Self-determination is the free market choice for the individual to retain their job be they forming a union, joining a union or choosing not to join a union.

By: tallport

tallport — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I am here Grunt just to say that I think vanzetti is right on. He nailed it and you repeating the same yo-yo blather.

By: thegrunt

thegrunt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You’re a big fat liar Vanzetti. Self-determination is the free market choice for the individual to retain their job.

Amendment 47 allows people to keep their jobs and not be forced to join the union.

Where oh where is Tim Allport, my knuckledraggingguard where are you?

By: vanzetti

vanzetti — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Indeed, state workers finally got the choice to even form unions, and look, they are joining in droves. Too bad it is so hard in CO to form a union in the private sector. If we swung the pendulum back in favor of working families here, they would be joining unions in droves as well.

That is why radical right wing forces are pushing Amendment 47, to ultimately reduce the wages of working families and prevent them from getting a fair shake in the workplace. If you want to start CO down the path of a Third World economy, pass this terrible proposition. On the other hand, if you think hard working Colorado families deserve a decent living, vote NO on Prop 47.

Ironically, one of the things conservatives never point out is that under ‘Right to Work (for Less) laws, non-dues paying workers still get the benefits of the union’s collective bargaining. In other words, they are freeloading off their other coworkers who pay the union dues. How is that for equal rights?

Moreover, Amendment 47 interferes with the free market, another irony of this conservative anti-family agenda. If employees and the owners agree to have a union shop, then so be it. That is the market. But no conservative ever argues in favor of the free market when it interferes with their corporate, anti-working family agenda.

Oh, and by the way, despite the right’s propaganda, no one is ever forced to join a union.

Vote NO on 47.

By: thegrunt

thegrunt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

YES on Amendment 47, give all Coloradans the choice state workers have to unionize.

Amendment 47 is pro Colorado and provides choice and equal rights.