From Denver Post: "CoorsTek has put up a measure that will be bad for Colorado.
The Golden-based high-tech ceramics maker has brought us Amendment 47, a measure that would dash Colorado's Labor Peace Act. It's not like the Teamsters or the AFL-CIO has run amuck since the Labor Peace Act was enacted in 1943. Only 8 percent of the Colorado's workers are unionized, and by most measures, we remain a business- friendly state. Nevertheless, CoorsTek has initiated a destructive political battle over how the few labor unions that we have here in Colorado should be allowed to organize."
More from the article:
The Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry and the National Association of Independent Businesses, meanwhile, stand right behind Jonathan Coors. It's unclear why CoorsTek cares so much about Colorado's unions. The company has been busy expanding and creating jobs ... in Asia. CoorsTek celebrated the grand opening of its new plant in Gumi City, South Korea, on May 15...
Roughly one-third of CoorsTek's 2,700 employees are in Asia and Europe [~] presumably to be close to customers, including Samsung, LG Phillips LCD, Hynix and Magnachip Semiconductor. Globalization is increasingly what CoorsTek is about. Another backer of Amendment 47 is also winning the globalization game: American Furniture Warehouse. But don't be fooled by the name. It's practically a regional distribution network for Chinese manufacturers. Why the working man drinks Molson, Coors or Miller beer is going to be another one of those unfathomable socioeconomic mysteries next to why the shrinking middle class keeps shopping at Wal-Mart. Jonathan Coors has said his battle has nothing to do with the brewery, though his last name remains a major brand in beer. His uncle Pete Coors, vice chairman of Molson Coors, has indicated that he does not support the right-to-work amendment. But when he was running for U.S. Senate in 2004, he pledged to support right-to-work.
Thanks to Colorado Pols for the link. More Coyote Gulch coverage here.
Category: Denver November 2008 Election
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