More union dough against Amendment 47

Wow, Forced union dues being used to lie to people about their right to choice.

Ritter gave Right to Work to his employees when he unionized them, shouldn't all Coloradans have the Right to Work?

PS YES on Amendment 47, shouldn't you have the right to choose?

Will you guys let me choose whether or not to pay taxes? Of course not (unless you are really dumb)
This is the same thing. You are covered by a contract that has benefits, you should have to pay for the costs of negotiating and enforcing the contract. No on 47!

Again we as union people have the rights to that other people do not. Why don't the special interests groups leave us alone.

That's what I was starting to think. Then I noticed that these unions are spending this money on these political agendas. No matter which side of the fence you're on, if you are one of the people that your employment is based on you paying these unions, you have no choice but to watch your money go to funding political things you may not even agree on. I've previously lived and worked in states with choice and the unions there did just as well, but those dues weren't being wasted on things the members may or may not even agree on.
I'm sorry, but if I have to be forced to pay an organization money in order to make that money in the first place, that money better be going towards paying for the promised benefits of the contract, not political agendas no matter the issue.

I'm completely confused about what to vote on this issue. I've just wasted the last hour reading lots of different opinions on both sides. It seems like there are legitimate arguments either way.

Folks, allow me to paint the true picture of this. I'm a Denver native who has lived and worked in a right to work state for the last twenty years. And, I've seen many white and blue collar workers mistreated, abused and taken unfair advantage of as a result of this horrible law.

Recently, after working as a highly successful and profitable marketing manager, I was terminated for “asking for time off and spending my own money to attend a professional conference.” This was considered insubordination because I “knowingly misrepresented my company.” Worse, because this is considered an offense that keeps me from being successfully employed, I'm ineligible for unemployment benefits.

In other words, all the rhetoric about prop. 47 giving the workers the right to choose is crap. What this is really doing is giving big business the right to abuse workers.

Abuse is possible in both circumstances. Without mandatory unions, people can be mistreated as you did. With them, people are having their hard-earned money spent on other things not agreed upon. Logically, mandatory unions are causing the unions to become corrupted. Unions do not have to be mandatory to be heavily suggested. It is wise to be a part of a union. No one is arguing that unions are bad period. Just that there is too much corruption when membership into them is made mandatory.

Anyone working anywhere should have a right to a union. If they do not choose to be represented by a union and pay membership dues, then it becomes a learning experience for them if they are mistreated by their employers. Now if an employer doesn't allow the employee to join a union (*cough*WalMart*cough*), there is a real problem. The union shouldn't be made mandatory, but instead be mandatory that the employers allow the employees to join their choice of unions without any repercussions or fear thereof.

Channel 9 News has found the most prominent ad by the backers of Amendment 47 to be false:

“QUOTE: All it does, it gives workers the right to choose for themselves whether or not they want to join a union (Graphic: 'Amendment 47 is about the freedom to choose')

“TRUTH: This is false.”

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=...

There is no existing law requiring that all members of a bargaining unit must “join the union.” In fact, the opposite is true.

The American Bar Association, which has written, “Full union membership cannot be compelled under the NLRA.” (National Labor Relations Act)

http://www.bna.com/bnabooks/ababna/special/us.p...

Mandatory union membership is also prohibited by the Colorado Labor Peace Act, passed in 1943,

Here is a website with information about Amendment 47:

http://www.voteno47.com

And, a site with info about Amendments 47, 49, and 54:

http://www.protectcoloradosfuture.org/

Channel 9 News has found the most prominent ad by the backers of Amendment 47 to be false:

“QUOTE: All it does, it gives workers the right to choose for themselves whether or not they want to join a union (Graphic: 'Amendment 47 is about the freedom to choose')

“TRUTH: This is false.”

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=...

There is no existing law requiring that all members of a bargaining unit must “join the union.” In fact, the opposite is true.

The American Bar Association, which has written, “Full union membership cannot be compelled under the NLRA.” (National Labor Relations Act)

http://www.bna.com/bnabooks/ababna/special/us.p...

Mandatory union membership is also prohibited by the Colorado Labor Peace Act, passed in 1943,

Here is a website with information about Amendment 47:

http://www.voteno47.com

And, a site with info about Amendments 47, 49, and 54:

http://www.protectcoloradosfuture.org/

Channel 9 News has found the most prominent ad by the backers of Amendment 47 to be false:

“QUOTE: All it does, it gives workers the right to choose for themselves whether or not they want to join a union (Graphic: 'Amendment 47 is about the freedom to choose')

“TRUTH: This is false.”

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=...

There is no existing law requiring that all members of a bargaining unit must “join the union.” In fact, the opposite is true.

The American Bar Association, which has written, “Full union membership cannot be compelled under the NLRA.” (National Labor Relations Act)

http://www.bna.com/bnabooks/ababna/special/us.p...

Mandatory union membership is also prohibited by the Colorado Labor Peace Act, passed in 1943,

Here is a website with information about Amendment 47:

http://www.voteno47.com

And, a site with info about Amendments 47, 49, and 54:

http://www.protectcoloradosfuture.org/

Channel 9 News has found the most prominent ad by the backers of Amendment 47 to be false:

“QUOTE: All it does, it gives workers the right to choose for themselves whether or not they want to join a union (Graphic: 'Amendment 47 is about the freedom to choose')

“TRUTH: This is false.”

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=...

There is no existing law requiring that all members of a bargaining unit must “join the union.” In fact, the opposite is true.

The American Bar Association, which has written, “Full union membership cannot be compelled under the NLRA.” (National Labor Relations Act)

http://www.bna.com/bnabooks/ababna/special/us.p...

Mandatory union membership is also prohibited by the Colorado Labor Peace Act, passed in 1943,

Here is a website with information about Amendment 47:

http://www.voteno47.com

And, a site with info about Amendments 47, 49, and 54:

http://www.protectcoloradosfuture.org/