Business, labor sectors remain at odds as Colorado lawmakers push union bill forward

Business, labor sectors remain at odds as Colorado lawmakers push union bill forward

Colorado House committee passes labor bill to make state a right-to-organize state, removing union security agreement requirement. Next hearing in House Appropriations Committee.

Bill to remove Colorado requirement for second vote to unionize passes House committee

Kaiser Permanente workers with the SEIU Local 105 union strike on Oct. 4, 2023, at the Lakewood Medical Offices in Colorado. (Lindsey Toomer/ Colorado Newsline)A Colorado House of Representatives committee approved a bill Thursday that would make it easier to form unions in Colorado by removing the state’s requirement for a second vote. Senate Bill 25-5, dubbed the Worker Protection Act, would eliminate a second election mandated by Colorado’s L…