Local janitors, healthcare, airport, and Colorado state employees will be demonstrating at Senator Hickenlooper’s office to demand he publicly support the American Recovery Act and the Raise the Wage Act for a $15/hr minimum wage, a desperately needed change that…
Denver, CO – Today, service worker members of Colorado Care Workers Unite and Colorado WINS are taking email, phone, and digital video actions in solidarity with fast-food workers in 15 cities across the country who are going on strike for…
“The pandemic didn’t create most of the root problems they’re concerned about,” SEIU Local 105 health care organizing director Stephanie Felix-Sowy told NPR. “But it amplified them and the need to address them.” Read more to learn how Local 105…
Janitors in Downtown Denver are returning to work having their hours cut shortly before the holiday season. 400 janitors represented by Service Employees International Union Local 105 reached an agreement with Commercial Cleaning Systems (CCS) to restore lost hours last…
Voters elected 54 officials who have endorsed the Working People’s Platform in the General Election. In addition, Colorado voters passed Proposition 118, Paid Medical Family Leave. John Hickenlooper unseated former Senator Cory Gardner and has pledged to bring the Working…
Mail-in ballots started landing in mailboxes across Colorado last week. While the media has focused on the General and Senate elections, a few lesser known measures could mean big changes for Colorado. Proposition 116 seeks to reduce Colorado’s income tax…
A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order requested by the Colorado Secretary of State against the United States Postal Service for distributing mailers with incorrect voting information. Secretary of State Jena Griswold filed suit on September 12th after…
Many people began July confident that the US Senate would pass a second round of COVID-19 relief assistance bills. Those hopes were dashed on Friday when the Senate took a three day weekend without passing any additional relief measures. Supplemental…
Colorado’s workers won big this past month. Not only did we see the passage of Paid Sick Leave, but the House gave final passage to the (Colorado Partnership For Quality Jobs and Services Act HB 1153) for union rights for…
Demonstrations protesting police brutality and supporting the Black Lives Matter movement continued Monday night for the fourth night straight. Protesters are demanding national policing reform and justice for people of color killed in police custody after a video of police…