Right now, most public sector employees can unionize, but their employers don't have to recognize the union or engage in collective bargaining.
– Dozens of county commissioners from across Colorado are opposing a bill they say would be financially devastating. It would require counties to participate in collective bargaining if enough workers vote to unionize.
The initial draft applied to all public workers, including those in city government, higher education, and even some hospitals, but it was pared down to apply to counties only. Some commissioners call it election year pandering to unions. “The bill does not force a union on workers, and it does not force a contract on a county. This bill says that if they can’t come to an agreement on that contract, then they don’t sign a contract. So a contract is only if two sides are willing to sign that agreement, and the county can always walk away and say, ‘it’s just not reasonable. We just don’t have money to give those types of raises.
“There’s going to be costs up front for every single county regardless of whether it goes to vote or not. Every county will have to prepare for the eventuality that it does,” said Grantham.
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