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Lots of Colorado politics worth reading about in today’s news roundup. Let’s leap to it.
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THE NEWS
BUSINESS
Colorado’s largest private sector union violated federal labor law in treatment of its internal staff, judge rules
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7, Colorado’s largest private sector union, violated federal labor law in its treatment of union-represented employees by refusing to bargain with them in good faith and by inviting workers to resign in response to their complaints about working conditions, an administrative law judge found. The findings are roiling some in Colorado’s union community, who fear how the report may reflect on the broader labor movement, writes Jesse Paul.
IMMIGRATION
Denver closing four shelters, scaling back migrant services to save $60M
Denver is scaling back services for migrants, including closing four shelters during the next four weeks to save $60 million in the long term, Mayor Mike Johnston announced Wednesday. As the four hotel shelters close, the city will “double down” on case management by coordinating with nonprofits that are connecting migrants to jobs and housing. Jennifer Brown has more.
ENVIRONMENT
Colorado bill aims to plug holes in the state’s past “forever chemical” bans
A ban on “forever chemicals” in consumer products passed in 2022 contains many loopholes Colorado legislators are looking to close with Senate Bill 81. Gasoline distributors, refineries and other chemical plants would also lose their exemption for using firefighting foam, which is suspected to be linked to the discovery of PFAS found in Denver’s groundwater. Michael Booth explains.
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What’s Happening
Mo’Print. Printmaking is both a fine art and a means of mass production. It’s the way that 19th-century Japanese artist Hokusai created “Under the Wave Off Kanagawa” (aka Hokusai’s wave), and the way that hundreds of thousands of replicas of that wave hang in college dorm rooms around the world. It encompasses a wide and evolving array of techniques, including screenprinting, lithography, intaglio, letterpress, etching, woodblocking, and Gelli plates. In short, there’s a lot to printmaking — and that’s why Colorado arts organizations dedicate a whole month to it.
Mo’Print, or the Month of Printmaking, is a yearly celebration of this widespread technique. Over 60 exhibitions and 80 events are held throughout the month of March, and it all starts tomorrow.
Nine exhibitions open tomorrow night in Denver, Lakewood, Aurora, Louisville and Trinidad, including the Mo’Print kickoff and fundraiser, “Black Ink,” at TRVE Brewery. Over 60 artists contributed prints to “Black Ink,” which will be displayed and sold at TRVE for $10 a pop. The social environment and low price point contributes to the event’s accessibility, where “you can walk in with a twenty-dollar bill, buy a beer, buy art, and still tip the bartender,” Mo’Print co-chair Emily Moyer told DARIA Magazine.
Some highlights next week include an artist talk and workshop with printmaker Susan Oehme at Art Students League Denver, artist demos and free admission at the Loveland Museum of Art and a print show based on the Colorado River Basin in Greeley.
The full list of exhibitions can be found here, and a list of events and workshops can be found here.
Various prices; March 1-31; various locations
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