Governor Bill Ritter's plan to allow state workers to join unions is not sitting well with Republican lawmaker

Legislators are going to propose two bills designed to undo Ritter's executive order.

Republicans are the minority party, but they say they will be loud and do everything they can to overturn Ritter's plan.

"I don't think this reaction by the state legislators..the Republicans..really understand what the benefits are for collective bargaining, for having individuals choose people to represent them," says former Pueblo Councilman, Ted Lopez, Jr.

Unions and collective bargaining are designed to insure an even playing field for a particular group of workers.

And on Friday, Governor Ritter signed an executive order that would allow just that. But now, some Colorado Republicans plan to overturn that order.

"You've placed that third party union representative union between the employer and the employee. It's not making things easier. This is the Colorado bait and switch, not the Colorado promise," says Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, Colorado.

The city charter of Pueblo even recognizes unions, and by doing so has successfully avoided strikes and bargaining for disciplinary measures since 1954.

"So it seems to have worked successfully. I dint see why it shouldn't be able to work successfully on the state level," says Lopez.

Those bills should be introduced in January.