Senate GOP calls on guv to 'come clean' on his promises to big labor
Monday, 27 August 2007

Following yet another disclosure that the Ritter administration is doing the bidding of labor unions that are trying to organize state employees, Senate Republicans are demanding a public disclosure of all the promises the governor has made to his union backers.

"Every time you turn around, this administration is playing footsie with the unions," Senate GOP leader Andy McElhany, of Colorado Springs, said today. "How many other deals have they made with big labor? It is time for the governor to come clean."

McElhany was reacting to a report in the Rocky Mountain News Friday that two more state agencies under Gov. Bill Ritter had worked out partnerships with the Colorado Association of Public Employees. The Departments of Regulatory Affairs and Transportation are conducting staff outreach with the union's help, the report said.

The report follows an earlier disclosure  that Ritter's Department of Personnel and Administration will give unions the e-mail addresses of all department employees and allow unions the use of state mailrooms and space to hold meetings.



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