Business, labor groups pull four measures from ballot
Published October 2, 2008 by CSBJ Staff
Business and labor groups have reached a deal to withdraw four statewide November ballot measures that business leaders said would have driven jobs out of state.
The announcement was made today, hours away fro the 5 p.m. deadline for removing ballot initiatives.
Union groups agreed to pull the four proposals under the condition that business leaders agree to help pay for a campaign to oppose Amendments 54, 49 and 47, the so-called right-to-work ballot measure.
Amendment 49 would prohibit the state’s public employers from using payroll deductions to benefit private organizations. Amendment 54 would close a loophole in state election law by banning the practice of “pay to play.”
The four withdrawn measures are:
Amendment 53, which would make executive wrongdoing a crime under state law
Amendment 55, which would require employers to show cause for firing a worker
Amendment 56, which would require state employers to provide health insurance for workers
Amendment 57, which would let workers sue their employers in workers-compensation cases
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