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How Amazon hid its safety crisis in Colorado — and nationwide
Amazon’s safety team knew there was a problem at its fulfillment center in Thornton. Internal reports sent to Amazon safety managers across the country in early 2019 repeatedly flagged the warehouse for having especially high injury rates
$300 unemployment bonus runs into technical snags in Colorado after people overwhelm request system
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment disabled its online certification system for the Lost Wages Assistance, created by President Donald Trump, and will notify eligible users when it’s ready again
Audio: The end of the unemployment boost in Colorado
Tamara Chuang talks with KUNC's Colorado Edition about her story
The $600 federal unemployment benefit is ending. Here’s what that means for out-of-work Coloradans.
The state added 100,000 workers to the labor force in June, a recovery of about 37% of jobs lost between February and April. But coronavirus infections are on the rise, and new safety restrictions are being enacted.
Struggling ski resort industry frets over Trump’s ban on immigrant worker visas
“If you are an HR director at a ski area, you are panicking right now," said Dave Byrd, policy director for the National Ski Areas Association, referencing President Trump’s extension of an immigrant visa ban through 2020.
Worried about coronavirus safety at work? Colorado lawmakers want you to speak out without facing retaliation
House Bill 1415 has drawn concerns from Republicans and business groups who worry that it is unnecessary and will lead to frivolous lawsuits
Colorado growers face “risk like we have never faced before” as coronavirus puts up labor walls
Work in the "essential" agriculture industry can go on, but the pandemic’s threat to the market has shaken some Western Slope farmers and orchard men to their roots. Others call the panic overblown.
Colorado medical workers are getting free childcare. Should grocery store and food processing employees get the same benefit?
Minnesota and Vermont have already made free child care available to grocery store workers
Colorado’s unemployment site slammed by 180,000 filing attempts in a single week
Last week’s claims top the Great Recession after coronavirus shutdown advances and governor orders faster relief for workers.
With Jared Polis’ blessing, Colorado lawmakers will try again to let state employees collectively bargain
Democrats have been trying for years to pass a bill to allow state employees to negotiate higher wages but have faced blowback from Republicans
Understanding AI through Holly, the fast-food bot taking breakfast orders at Good Times
Ordering from “Holly” the bot is still a little creepy, but as humans get more comfortable with Alexa and Siri, a Denver firm is finding people, artificial intelligence and fast food do mix
Peach growers are expecting an all-time bumper crop on the Western Slope, but there’s one problem
Weather, moisture and bee activity lined up perfectly for the best peach season in years, but with visa applications already set in stone, growers need a basketful of workers.
The roots of the Gold King Mine disaster run deeper than the river it polluted
In "River of Lost Souls," author Jonathan Thompson explores disparate forces -- including labor strife -- that ultimately led to missteps that tainted the Animas River
Nicolais: Have unions gotten their mojo back in Colorado?
Fueled by economic conditions and led by the Denver teachers’ strike, unions could be poised to reverse decades of decline with a King Soopers strike looming
