AP: (Colorado) Gov. Ritter Meets With AFL-CIO President

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Gov. Ritter Meets With AFL-CIO President

By STEVEN K. PAULSON, Associated Press Writer

Monday, April 23, 2007

(04-23) 12:07 PDT DENVER (AP) --

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter met with AFL-CIO President John Sweeney
on Monday and promised to work with him to resolve organized labor's
objections to the choice of Denver as the site of the Democratic
National Convention next year.

Ritter said he and Sweeney discussed the lack of union workers at area
hotels, problems over contracts with stage hands and the temporary
use of union labor at the main convention venue, the Pepsi Center.

They also discussed Ritter's decision to veto a bill that would have
made it easier to form union shops. The Democratic governor said he
made no commitments other than to continue talks with unions.

Denver's bid for the 2008 convention nearly collapsed because the leader
of the stagehands union balked at signing a pledge not to strike if the
convention were held at the Pepsi Center, where the work force is not
unionized.

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[mitchtv]

1. God, how many more Dems like Ritter

can we afford. Dump Denver

[leftofthedial]

2. Unions (indeed no one in the middle class or working class)

can trust Ritter

his priorities are clearly aligned with whoever has the most money