Senator Randy Baumgardner represents the citizens of Senate District 8 in Northwestern Colorado. His district includes Garfield, Moffat, Rio...
Dems Union Hand Out Advances in Committee
January
23,
2013
On the same day that the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that union membership had declined to the lowest levels since the 1930s, it was only appropriate that the Senate Democrats advanced a union backed bill sponsored by Senator Lois Tochtrop that even Bill Ritter vetoed in 2009.
“We offered several common sense amendments. One amendment would have struck bill language that required town and cities to collect the union dues for them,” said Senator Randy Baumgardner (R-Cowdrey). "The fact that the Democrats couldn’t even accept that shows how willing they are to ask local government to act as tax collectors for the unions.”
Additionally, the Democrats killed a pro-jobs measure, Senate Bill 24, sponsored by Sen. Owen Hill (R-Colorado Springs) that would have prohibited an employer from requiring any person, as a condition of employment, to become or remain a member of a labor organization or to pay dues. This bill is commonly known as a “Right to Work” law. There is no cost associated to this legislation.
“Opposition to a bill that seeks to expand opportunity and the freedom to work without compulsion just shows how out of touch and beholden the Democrats are to their liberal allies,” said Hill. “We need laws that are conducive to maximizing freedom and creating opportunity.”
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“We offered several common sense amendments. One amendment would have struck bill language that required town and cities to collect the union dues for them,” said Senator Randy Baumgardner (R-Cowdrey). "The fact that the Democrats couldn’t even accept that shows how willing they are to ask local government to act as tax collectors for the unions.”
Additionally, the Democrats killed a pro-jobs measure, Senate Bill 24, sponsored by Sen. Owen Hill (R-Colorado Springs) that would have prohibited an employer from requiring any person, as a condition of employment, to become or remain a member of a labor organization or to pay dues. This bill is commonly known as a “Right to Work” law. There is no cost associated to this legislation.
“Opposition to a bill that seeks to expand opportunity and the freedom to work without compulsion just shows how out of touch and beholden the Democrats are to their liberal allies,” said Hill. “We need laws that are conducive to maximizing freedom and creating opportunity.”
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