Tag: Unions
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Local unions endorse Democrat Diana DeGette’s re-election bid
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A slate of local unions endorsed U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette’s bid for a 14th term on Tuesday, calling the Denver Democrat a champion for labor and citing her support for last year’s bipartisan infrastructure bill. DeGette is facing two primary challengers in the overwhelmingly Democratic…
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Little progress made in King Soopers strike negotiations, officials say
Both the Kroger Co. and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 continued to badmouth the other side Monday as the King Soopers strike stretched into a sixth day, but at least they were still talking at the negotiating table. About 8,400 union workers walked out of 77 metro Denver area King Soopers and City…
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King Soopers strike seems inevitable after union, management trade barbs
King Soopers officials and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 representatives hurled “unfair labor practices” accusations at each other Monday, pointing more and more to a strike starting Wednesday. In a news release, King Soopers said it “filed unfair labor practice charges against UFCW Local 7 for refusing to bargain in good faith.” Within…
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Q&A with Josette Jaramillo | Reframing the conversation to workplace issues
Josette Jaramillo was elected this fall to a second four-year term as president of the Colorado AFL-CIO, a federation of some 185 unions with 130,000 members in the state. A supervisor with the Pueblo County Department of Human Services’ Child Welfare division, Jaramillo is a longtime member of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal…
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Colorado Education Association selling 30-year home
Colorado’s largest teachers’ union the Colorado Education Association listed its 30-year home at 1500 Grant Street for sale. The association has occupied the 54,256-square foot office building across from the state capitol since 1991, when it bought it for $750,000, according to Denver Assessor records. Benchmark Commercial Real Estate has the building listed for $6.9…
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Colorado unions stand with fast-food workers in demand for $15 minimum wage
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Gov. Jared Polis applauds Pope Francis for support for LGBTQ civil unions
Gov. Jared Polis called it joyous news Wednesday when Pope Francis said gay people should have a right to be part of their own family as children of God. “Pope Francis has spoken up for the protection of our environment, our planet and now His Holiness is using this voice to speak in support of…