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House Bill 1072 to repeal the Colorado Labor Peace Act is long overdue. This grossly unfair law was enacted in the 1940s for one purpose: to subvert the right of workers to organize unions. I know of no other state where 75% of those casting a ballot is the requirement to vote a union shop in, but only 50% plus one to vote it out. That is the net effect of the Labor Peace Act.
I wonder how the proponents of the Labor Peace Act (and right-to-work laws) would like to have the tenets of “open shop” unionism applied to all professions. Here is how it would work: 1) An attorney is retained to represent a group of consumers in a product liability case. He is required to represent ALL of them, but they can each decide for themselves whether or not to pay him, and he must provide equal representation for the payers and non-payers alike. 2) A homeowners association is responsible for maintenance of the pool and community center in a neighborhood. Each individual homeowner decides whether or not to pay their dues to the association, and they cannot be denied use of the pool and community center for nonpayment.
This is America, home of democracy and majority rule. Majority means 50% plus one. HB 1072 seeks to bring about exactly that in the workplace.
Tom McIntosh
Aurora

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