The Colorado Committee for Equal Opportunities launched a campaign this week to line up bi-partisan support for amendments to the State Fair Employment Practices legislation which would give it more teeth.
The CCEO was instrumental in securing passage of the state’s first FEP legislation in 1950. Legislation now being drafted for submission to the State Legislature next month would: 1. Establish the Governor’s Human Relations Commission as an autonomous unit within the State Industrial Commission, with responsibility for directing the FEP office; 2. Re-define the term “public employer” to include companies working on state contracts; 3. Bar discrimination against women.
The equal opportunities group has set limited objectives in the belief that FEP here has to be strengthened step-by-step. At present, they do not believe passage could be secured for legislation extending FEP to private business.
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