In shift from ‘system of choice to coercion,’ Senate Republicans outnumbered in fight on SB 5
'There's no company that doesn't care about worker safety, that doesn't care about productivity.' — Minority Leader Paul Lundeen
By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
A series of seven amendments were all lost Thursday as Colorado Senate Republicans were powerless to improve upon a partisan Democrat bill they say is in search of a problem.
Senate Bill 25-005, by Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez and Democrat Sen. Jessie Danielson, which would undo significant portions of an 81-year-old labor relations law, was adopted by voice vote on second reading by the Democrat-dominated Senate.
That 1943 policy set Colorado apart and should continue, Minority Leader Paul Lundeen said.
"It represents middle ground between right-to-work states and union states," he said. "The act aimed to...
