Unions vs Business in Colorado

We are a merit shop trade association, and while most of our contractor members are non-union, some of them are union. It presents an interesting political situation as the battle between business and unions continues to heat up in Colorado. In Sunday's Denver Post the Editorial questioned whether bringing the Democratic National Convention to the Mile High City is worth the power it has given the unions over the city. "The economic shot-in-the-arm, whatever the total actually ends up being, will be a welcome boost," the Post Editorial Writers expounded. "But we're beginning to question whether the short-term benefit is worth the long term expenses."
The battle was further escalated when the unions proposed five ballot initiatives for the fall election to counter the business-backed "right to work" ballot initiative. Here's the full story: http://www.denverpost.com/frontpage/ci_8763664