Battle with business heats up over Colorado Democrats' family-leave proposal [View all]
Democrats who want paid maternity and medical leave for all Colorado workers have met behind the scenes for months with the state’s top business leaders in an attempt to temper opposition.
It doesn’t appear to have worked.
The legislation that would require all workers and employers to contribute to a family-leave fund cleared its first hearing Wednesday in the Senate by a 3-2, party-line vote. And while some small business owners planned to rally for support with the governor and Illegal Pete’s restaurant chain founder Pete Turner in the Capitol foyer, Colorado’s top business associations are fiercely opposed. (The rally was canceled Wednesday morning because of bad weather.)
Both the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, representing hundreds of businesses and chambers across the state, and the National Federation of Independent Businesses chapter in Colorado, with 7,000 members, are against the proposal.
“We are just not going to be able to get together on this,” said Tony Gagliardi, the Colorado director of NFIB.
Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2019/03/13/paid-family-leave-bill-colorado-2019/
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