Colorado Democrats announce bill that would remove union organizing barrier

A group of Democratic Colorado lawmakers will run a bill next year to alter the state’s labor laws by removing a secondary election requirement for unions.

The bill, dubbed the Worker Protection Act, would repeal a requirement that workers win a second election — on top of the one to form their union — to require fees from every worker that the union represents. Colorado is the only state to have that requirement, which is part of the state’s 1943 Labor Peace Act.

“It is uniquely hard to form a union in the state of Colorado, and we are asking our colleagues to affirm the right to collectively bargain and fight for better pay and safer workplaces,” Democratic Rep. Javier Mabrey of Denver said.

Mabrey, House Assistant Majority Leader Jennifer Bacon of Denver, Sen. Robert Rodriguez of Denver and Sen. Jessie Danielson of Wheat Ridge will run the bill. They said they will introduce it during the first week of the new legislative session that starts Jan. 8.



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