Both business and labor advocates are asking Gov. Jared Polis to act on the Colorado Labor Peace Act overhaul that passed the Legislature, though union leaders already are plotting an alternate course in the wake of his announcement that he anticipates vetoing the bill.
On Monday afternoon, a coalition of 10 business organizations sent a letter to the Democratic governor officially requesting him to veto Senate Bill 5, which would eliminate the second organizing election required for union security under Colorado law. Accompanying the letter were signatures of more than 1,000 workers who said they too want to preserve the state’s unique labor law that requires at least 75% of employees voting in the second election to approve efforts for a union to seek through a collective-bargaining contract to take negotiating fees directly from every employee’s paycheck.
Meanwhile, a group of some 80 unions, community organizations and small businesses are gathering this afternoon in Governors Park near the governor’s mansion in Denver to ask Polis to sign the bill despite his statements Thursday indicating he plans a veto. However, that coalition, calling itself Colorado Worker Rights United, also will begin collecting signatures for a 2026 ballot initiative that would require employers to give just cause for firing a worker — the group’s stated backup plan in the event of a veto.
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