U.S. Senate See Full Big Line

(D) J. Hickenlooper*

(R) Somebody

80%

20%

Governor See Full Big Line

(D) Phil Weiser

(D) Joe Neguse

(D) Jena Griswold

60%

40%↓

Att. General See Full Big Line

(D) M. Dougherty

(D) Alexis King

(D) Brian Mason

40%

30%

Sec. of State See Full Big Line

(D) A. Gonzalez

(D) George Stern

(R) Sheri Davis

50%↑

40%

30%

State Treasurer See Full Big Line

(D) Brianna Titone

(R) Kevin Grantham

(D) Jerry DiTullio

60%

30%

20%

CO-01 (Denver) See Full Big Line

(D) Diana DeGette*

(R) Somebody

90%

CO-02 (Boulder-ish) See Full Big Line

(D) Joe Neguse*

(R) Somebody

90%

CO-03 (West & Southern CO) See Full Big Line

(R) Jeff Hurd*

(D) Somebody

80%

40%

CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado) See Full Big Line

(R) Lauren Boebert*

(D) Somebody

90%

10%

CO-05 (Colorado Springs) See Full Big Line

(R) Jeff Crank*

(D) Somebody

80%

20%

CO-06 (Aurora) See Full Big Line

(D) Jason Crow*

(R) Somebody

90%

10%

CO-07 (Jefferson County) See Full Big Line

(D) B. Pettersen*

(R) Somebody

90%

10%

CO-08 (Northern Colo.) See Full Big Line

(R) Gabe Evans*

(D) Yadira Caraveo

(D) Joe Salazar

50%

40%

State Senate Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

80%

20%

State House Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

95%

March 25, 2010 02:40 AM UTC

Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce: WHAT are you doing?

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by: sufimarie

A letter to legislators from the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Concern and Colorado Competitive Council that is packed with blatant lies regarding a bill to protect employees from discrimination has been revealed at The Denver Business Journal. You can download the letter in .pdf here

My biggest issue is with what they are saying about HB1269. This is what they write:

HB10 – 1269 Workplace Fairness Civil Remedies Act (Levy/M. Carroll)

This bill significantly increases the damages in state employment discrimination lawsuits by adding, for the first time, pain and suffering penalties, punitive damage, attorney’s fees and other remedies already available under federal law. We support workplace fairness and believe that adjudicating the majority of such cases in federal courts, as happens today, serves both sides.

Lies.

It doesn’t “significantly increase damages”. That implies they exist in the first place. They don’t. Did you know that if you work for a business with less than 15 employees the only damages you can get are back pay? If your greezy boss demands sexual favors or he calls you a racial slur, you can’t even win court or attorney fees, you can’t get pain and suffering, you can’t get any other damages that would punish the employer. This means the majority of cases like this don’t make it to court because you’d have to pay your own lawyer. HB1269 seeks to protect small business employees from the same discrimination Title VII, ie the Civil Rights Act covers federally. The punitive damages in place by Federal law are there in part to discourage employers from behaving illegally. As it is now, the creepy small business owners (you know they exist) don’t have that disincentive. It seems so obvious 1269 is a good thing. Shame on the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Concern and Colorado Competitive Council for trying to fight this.

We need to protect all employees from harassment and cruelty.

Also at the new Squarestate

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sufimarie says:

March 25, 2010 at 7:34 pm

to help promote the passage of this bill and all of the issues around it. So in the interest of full disclosure, I am letting you know this.

If you’re interested in getting more involved, I have a facebook group from which I plan to launch more activity.

Thank you for your support of the passage of this bill.

-Fong.

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