Colorado Union Bill Goes to Polis as Ballot Proposals Rev Up (1)

Colorado is flirting with an overhaul of its unique labor union policy via legislation headed to an unsupportive Gov. Jared Polis (D), and opposing sides are trying to use a pair of competing ballot measure proposals as leverage.

The Democratic-backed legislation, SB 5, would erase the state’s one-of-a-kind requirement for a second-step election before collective bargaining agreements can include mandatory union membership for all employees.

Polis has described the existing Labor Peace Act as a compromise policy that has worked for decades and expressed reluctance to change it without buy-in from both business and labor groups.

“The Governor is ...