No surprise here!
Colorado has a right-wing past - but apparently not a right-wing future.
Corporate interests placed a measure on the ballot in Colorado asking voters to approve a so-called "right-to-work" law. This measure would have gutted labor union contracts and forced unions to represent nonunion employees.
Work-for-less laws are common in the South and West. The goal of these quirky laws is to weaken organized labor and keep wages artificially low. I believe "right-to-work" laws are unconstitutional.
In Colorado, however, voters rejected work-for-less. The margin was rather decisive.
This should teach the corporatists a lesson. But it won't. They never learn.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Colorado work-for-less referendumb loses
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What's needed is an elimination of federal laws that require employers to treat non-union employees the same as those covered under collective bargaining contracts. Workers should have a true choice on whether they want to be part of a collective bargaining union or not.
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