7/15: Unions with little use for the rules

First Fort Collins, now Denver: Unions are chomping at the bit to set up shop in city government. More >

Betsy Markey Out of Touch on Big Labor Bill: Boon for Marilyn Musgrave?

7/2: "Extortion and exploitation"

Conditions of employment should be a matter between a worker and his boss, not a politicized labor union. More >

Right-to-Work opposition funded by out of state dollars

A Face the State Staff Report

While Amendment 47, a proposed ballot initiative designed to prohibit unions from forcing workers to join a union or pay union dues would protect only Colorado workers, the measure's opponents are relying heavily on out-of-state dollars to fund their campaign, with 76 percent of all funding coming from unions outside Colorado.

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Just Three Initiatives on Ballot Thus Far

A Face the State Staff Report

Despite fears by Democrat legislators that the citizen initiative process had run amok, so far only three initiatives have been approved for the November statewide ballot.

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Denver Chamber opposes Right to Work Initiative

A Face the State Staff Report

The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce has voted to oppose Amendment 47, a proposed right-to-work constitutional amendment set to appear on this November's ballot that would ask voters to protect workers from being forced to join unions or pay union dues.

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6/12: Interstate labor union love

Is anyone surprised? The bulk of the money being spent to fight a free-market ballot initiative this fall is coming from - you guessed it - out of state. More >

"Third Strike" For Ft. Collins Unions

A Face the State Staff Report

The City Clerk is reporting that Fort Collins voters yesterday struck down a collective bargaining proposal by a margin of nearly three-to-one. The results from Monday's special election mark the third time in the last five years that unions have failed in their electoral efforts to unionize public workers here.

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6/10: Who's really running the show?

It’s election day! Well, in Fort Collins, anyway. More >

6/6: The Supreme Court's double standard

Why is the Colorado Supreme Court making campaign finance exceptions for unions that don't extend to businesses? More >