Even as the strike against King Soopers ended with an anticipated agreement on Friday morning, the contentious fight for comprehensive worker’s rights continues. This time, there’s no picket line – mostly because the workers in question aren’t able to strike. This lack of worker’s rights has led Pueblo Democrat and House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar […]
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King Soopers strike ends after union reaches tentative deal with grocer
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 said Friday morning that it has reached a tentative three-year labor agreement with King Soopers, ending a strike that began more than a week ago. The union said the deal will provide the wages and protections deserved by workers, who were considered essential during the pandemic. The […]
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King Soopers union workers plan 3-week strike starting Wednesday at 87 Colorado grocery stores
King Soopers union members plan to walk off the job to protest unfair labor practices on Wednesday because negotiations on a new contract have failed to reach a resolution, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 officials said Friday. The strike will affect 87 grocery stores mostly in the Front Range and approximately 8,400 Colorado […]
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King Soopers union workers vote to strike, which could begin as early as Sunday
Union members in Denver and Colorado Springs have authorized a strike at 87 King Soopers stores along the Front Range over what they call unfair labor practices. Union officials said a strike at the grocery chain could come as soon as Sunday. The growing tension between workers and management continued to escalate as the existing […]
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King Soopers employee union to hold strike vote on Sunday
The contentious contract negotiations between King Soopers management and the union representing 17,000 grocery workers in Colorado and Wyoming remains unresolved. And now, the S word has been uttered. Officials with United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 7 said Thursday that a pre-authorization strike vote will be held Sunday in Denver and Monday in […]
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Here are some of the radical ideas to help alleviate Colorado’s high-country housing crisis
Jill Voyles knew the first year would not be easy. But it would be worth it for her and husband, Brendan McClarney, to move their three daughters to Crested Butte from St. Louis, Missouri. Then right after they arrived last spring, everything shut down. McClarney’s job as a construction project manager evaporated. So did Voyles’ […]
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Teachers in Park County end strike without pay raises or a contract
By Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat Colorado Teachers in the Park County Re-2 district based in Fairplay are returning to work Thursday with neither the professional agreement nor the pay raises they sought when they started their strike on Oct. 14. This marks the end of the longest teacher strike in Colorado in decades and the first in recent […]
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Park County teachers plan to strike Monday after negotiations break down
By Erica Meltzer, Chalkbeat Colorado Teachers in the Park County school district are poised to strike Monday after negotiations with the district failed to yield an agreement. If members of the South Park Education Association walk off the job, it will be the third teacher strike in Colorado in less than 18 months. This is the latest […]
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Activists want to “flip” the Denver Public Schools board after the teachers’ strike. But the meaning is complicated
By Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado The Denver teacher strike was, at its core, a fight for higher pay. But it was also a backlash against controversial school district policies, ballooning bureaucracy, and a sense that the powers-that-be weren’t listening to teachers. Amid all of that, a battle cry that originated with black education activists in […]
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“They need us”: Denver teachers are on strike Monday after failing to reach pay deal
By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press Denver teachers went on strike Monday after failing to reach a deal with administrators on pay in the latest example of educator discontent, following a wave of walkouts over the last year. Denver’s teachers started picketing before the start of the school day and students crossed through the picket lines on […]