/tags/labor Labor en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:12:15 GMT /politics/2025-03-14/purplish-colorado-lawmakers-hit-halftime-at-the-state-capitol With less than 60 days left to go and plenty of big, controversial bills still in play, it’s crunch time for state lawmakers. Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:12:15 GMT /politics/2025-03-14/purplish-colorado-lawmakers-hit-halftime-at-the-state-capitol Bente Birkeland, Lucas Brady Woods, Jesse Paul /politics/2025-02-15/colorado-budget-crisis-imperils-state-worker-raises-threatening-to-break-union-contract If the Joint Budget Committee — and the rest of the state legislature — doesn’t fund the raises, it would force the union back to the bargaining table Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT /politics/2025-02-15/colorado-budget-crisis-imperils-state-worker-raises-threatening-to-break-union-contract Brian Eason, The Colorado Sun /news/2025-02-14/colorado-lawmakers-take-major-step-toward-repealing-labor-peace-act The World War Two-era law requires unions to take two votes before they can represent workers in labor negotiations. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:43:54 GMT /news/2025-02-14/colorado-lawmakers-take-major-step-toward-repealing-labor-peace-act Chas Sisk /news/2025-01-31/purplish-the-embattled-labor-peace-act For 82 years, this law has made unionization more difficult in Colorado. Fri, 31 Jan 2025 23:10:52 GMT /news/2025-01-31/purplish-the-embattled-labor-peace-act Bente Birkeland, Jesse Paul /news/2025-01-22/colorado-lawmakers-take-up-fight-over-union-organizing Democratic lawmakers want to make it easier for workplaces to fully unionize, but their plan to repeal Colorado's one-of-a-kind organizing requirements faces opposition from business and the governor. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:27:07 GMT /news/2025-01-22/colorado-lawmakers-take-up-fight-over-union-organizing Bente Birkeland /news/2024-10-17/these-women-are-building-dreams-and-breaking-the-glass-ceiling-in-construction Less than 1 percent of hands-on construction workers in Colorado are women. One group wants to encourage young girls about the variety of jobs in the industry through an interactive field day. Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-10-17/these-women-are-building-dreams-and-breaking-the-glass-ceiling-in-construction Emma VandenEinde /news/2023-07-12/labor-leaders-say-colorado-union-workers-are-being-excluded-from-federally-funded-projects Union representatives told Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo at a roundtable this week that a communication breakdown is preventing their members from working on projects receiving federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. They also discussed apprenticeship programs and barriers undocumented people face when hoping to join a union. Wed, 12 Jul 2023 19:58:05 GMT /news/2023-07-12/labor-leaders-say-colorado-union-workers-are-being-excluded-from-federally-funded-projects Lucas Brady Woods /show/kuncs-colorado-edition/2022-01-31/amid-restaurant-labor-shortages-an-apprenticeship-program-pairs-young-people-with-restaurants-that-need-help Before the pandemic, restaurants accounted for nearly 10% of the state’s labor force. Since the pandemic began, restaurants and the workers who keep them running have been hit hard. An apprenticeship program is pairing young people looking to start a career in the food industry with restaurants looking for help. Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:45:23 GMT /show/kuncs-colorado-edition/2022-01-31/amid-restaurant-labor-shortages-an-apprenticeship-program-pairs-young-people-with-restaurants-that-need-help Henry Zimmerman, Erin O'Toole /news/2022-01-15/grocery-workers-ski-patrollers-fuel-a-growing-labor-movement-in-the-mountain-west The King Soopers strike is emblematic of a broader labor movement sweeping the country, and parts of the Mountain West, as workers walk out for better pay and benefits or unionize to harness their collective power. Sat, 15 Jan 2022 22:48:58 GMT /news/2022-01-15/grocery-workers-ski-patrollers-fuel-a-growing-labor-movement-in-the-mountain-west Robyn Vincent /news/2022-01-12/denver-area-king-soopers-workers-go-on-strike Grocery store workers in the Denver area went on strike Wednesday after their union rejected the latest contract offer from a chain of stores owned by Kroger Co., the nation’s largest traditional grocery store chain. Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:31:38 GMT /news/2022-01-12/denver-area-king-soopers-workers-go-on-strike Associated Press