A coalition of labor groups say they want to let voters decide the fate of a law targeting public employee unions and they will “hold the line” against any attempts by lawmakers to repeal and replace the controversial law and avoid a voter referendum to repeal the bill next year.

The announcement Wednesday by the Protect Utah Workers coalition comes after weeks of meetings between union leaders and Republican lawmakers in an attempt to resolve the dispute and make the referendum moot.

“If lawmakers doubt where Utah stands, they should read the numbers,” said Jerry Philpot, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1004 and an airport employee.

“The public is on the side of educators, firefighters, police officers, nurses, airport workers, state chem

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