On March 13, the Worker Protection Act made it through the Colorado Senate with unanimous support from Democratic legislators.
As the Trump administration continues its blitzkrieg on organized labor, staging unprecedented attacks on agencies like the NLRB and throwing out the contracts of federal employees’ unions, state legislatures have emerged as battlegrounds for employees seeking to improve their wages and working conditions.
In Colorado, labor activists and progressive legislators are campaigning to advance the Worker Protection Act, which would modify the state’s 1943 Labor Peace Act (LPA), a law that weakens labor unions and thereby exacerbates the state’s wealth gap. Though defended by Colorado business groups as a proper middle ground between the interests of labor and management, a look at the law’s history reveals its role in an era characterized by national efforts to maintain segregation.
When it comes to labor law, Colorado is a one-state anomaly. Within so-called “right to work” states, employees in businesses where unions have won recognition don’t have to pay union dues. In states without these laws, employees are required to pay either union dues or an administrative fee. Then there’s Colorado, where once workers win a union, they then need to vote in a second election to determine whether the union can collect dues or fees from its employees. A simple majority won’t suffice: The union must win a 75 percent supermajority to be...
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