The Colorado branch of the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of unions, will not donate to Democratic legislative campaign committees until at least May 2022 in protest of what the organization sees as the party’s exclusion of labor interests from state policy discussions. “We have … been excluded from caucus discussions about policy creation in […]
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What’s Working: Two weeks until the end of unemployment benefits for 150,000 Coloradans and counting
This was an extra bad week for Coloradans who lost their jobs at the start of the pandemic. We just ended week 39 — the maximum number of weeks one is eligible for unemployment pay currently. Last spring, ski and resort workers were the first to be impacted by Gov. Jared Polis’ March 14 order […]
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Opinion: Colorado workers need Cory Gardner to do his job and help us feed our families
Sen. Cory Gardner went on conservative talk radio last week and expressed his desire to drastically lower the COVID unemployment benefits 330,000 hard-working Coloradans need to pay rent and keep food on the table. This comes after the senator tweeted back in June: “It’s unfathomable that the Senate is going on recess without considering any […]
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More Colorado workers will get breaks, must make $42,500 salary to be exempt from overtime under draft policy
More low-wage workers will be covered by the Colorado laws governing overtime pay and breaks under a draft policy change released Monday afternoon, which also would dramatically raise the salary threshold at which employers no longer have to pay their employees overtime. The draft represents a major win for Colorado labor groups, who have long […]