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From: LindyBill	3/12/2007 8:02:11 AM
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Labor trying to pull the Democratic Party's strings BETSY'S PAGE BLOG The Examiner looks at ho the AFL-CIO is so mad that Governor Ritter of Colorado vetoed a state bill that would have done away with secret ballots for unionizing in Colorado. Since that is the number one issue for labor unions this year as they're losing membership and are having trouble winning votes when workers vote by secret ballot, the unions want the Democratic Party to pull out of their planned 2008 convention in Denver. "National AFL officials seem determined to remove any remaining doubt in anybody's mind that Gov. Bill Ritter did the right thing in February by vetoing Colorado House bill 1072. That hurriedly approved measure repealed a long-standing Colorado law requiring that, once a company's employees approve a union, they have a second, secret-ballot vote on how dues will be assessed, with a 75 percent supermajority required for approval. Why is the AFL-CIO so worried about an obscure Colorado bill? Because the vetoed measure was of a piece with the "Employee Free Choice Act of 2007" now being rushed through Congress by national Democrats, led by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. That bill abolishes all secret ballot voting in union representation contests. Doing away with workers' right to cast a secret ballot when voting on whether to unionize is the AFL-CIO's top national priority because union leaders think it will help them reverse their decades-long slide in membership. Less than 10 percent of all private sector workers now belong to unions. AFL-CIO officials say they will urge Democrats to move their 2008 national convention from Denver if Ritter doesn't agree to sign a re-introduced version of 1072. Since a quarter of the delegates to a typical Democratic National Convention are union representatives, the AFL-CIO threat is not a hollow one for DNC officials. But the AFL-CIO's threats against Ritter and Colorado workers shows exactly why secret ballots must be protected in all workplaces nationwide. Otherwise, workers will be exposed to endless threats and intimidation from thuggish union organizers." Perhaps the Democrats will have a Sister Souljah moment and tell the unions to pipe down. They've made their plans for Denver and Colorado makes perfect sense for their convention. Colorado is a state that they have an increasing chance to win in 2008, but they'll blow off a lot of that chance if they cave in to the unions and pull out now. betsyspage.blogspot.com

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