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Union campaign spends $4.6 million on media blitz, political stakes go even higher

By | 09.17.08 | 9:20 am

A Colorado labor union raised more than $3.2 million in the last two weeks for a campaign to support two ballot proposals regulating safe business practices and to oppose a “right-to-work” measure supported by pro-business interests. Nearly all of the money has been committed to purchase media advertisements across the state in what appears to be an unprecedented pull-out-all-the-stops campaign by the union.

Colorado ballot includes many a union-related measure

By | 09.12.08 | 2:12 pm

Colorado’s 18 issue Herculean ballot this year — the longest in the nation, wouldn’t you know — can be credited, in part, to people who love and hate unions. There are a total of seven labor-related ballot issues that will be put to beleaguered voters this November. We’ll top off our ballot round up Monday with three of them.