The 62-member employee union at Urban Peak has accomplished what few new unions have achieved: a contract. Organizers said Thursday the 3-year contract had 100% ratification. It includes increased compensation for on-call…
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What’s Working: Ballot measures in three locations could help rural women bring home the bacon
Coloradans in three rural communities are being asked to vote on ballot measures designed to help the half of Colorado’s workforce weathering the dual responsibilities of being their children’s primary caregiver and…
Broomfield nonprofit agrees to pay $449,999 to 10 workers who were fired after forming a union
Ten workers who lost their jobs three years ago after forming a union have settled with their old nonprofit employer for $449,999 in back pay, benefits and wages, according to an unfair-termination…
What’s Working: Colorado top-paying and lowest-paying jobs
Quick links: Highest and lowest wages | FAMLI updates | Denver janitors may strike | Kroger/Albertson’s merger paused Fast food cooks kept the top spot as Colorado’s lowest-paid occupation by averaging an…
Alamo Drafthouse workers hopeful ownership change will favor newly formed union
It’s rare to find workers at a medium-sized company relieved by their employer’s corporate buyout, but that is what’s happening at two of Colorado’s Alamo Drafthouse locations. Last week, the Austin, Texas-based…
Eldora ski area claims “improper conduct” tainted patrollers’ vote to unionize
Ski patrollers at Eldora Mountain Resort have overwhelmingly approved unionized representation, but the company that owns the resort is challenging the results of the recent vote. This story first appeared in The…
Meow Wolf lays off 50 Denver employees during companywide reorganization
Fifty employees representing about 18% of the workforce at Meow Wolf’s Denver location were laid off on Wednesday. Meow Wolf CEO Jose Tolosa sent a memo to staff Monday announcing the upcoming…
What’s Working: Why unionizing in Colorado, a modified-right-to-work state, sees limited success
Quick links: Premajority unions | Labor Peace Act elections | Denver Art Museum, Douglas County libraries union updates | AG’s top 10 complaints in 2023 It’s been a couple of frenetic years…
In four years, Colorado workers at 143 companies filed to form a union. At least 16 have a contract.
Days to first contract: 247, 500 and never There’s no central repository for union contracts. The NLRB keeps track of workplaces that file for representation, but not all do, so even that…
Denver Art Museum workers will vote on a union in March. Here are the details.
Throughout the month of January workers at the Denver Art Museum have inched their way toward forming a union to fight for higher wages, more transparency and improved safety procedures. On Jan….