The vote in Denver is the first in decades to create a bargaining unit that includes all onstage and backstage employees of a U.S. opera company
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FTC chair hears only opposition to proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger during Denver stop
A listening session set up by the Colorado attorney general heard lots of opposition to the proposed merger of the nation’s two largest grocery chains
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Opera Colorado workers cleared to vote on unionization
National Labor Relations Board rules Denver opera company performers and stage staff are eligible for a collective bargaining unit. They will vote on forming a union starting Oct. 16.
Posted inEconomy
What’s Working: Why Colorado’s growing work force seems like it’s shrinking
Age has a lot to do with the state’s shifting labor force. Plus: Unemployment rate at its highest in 15 months, housing and gas prices up again, labor preps for strikes
Posted inCulture
Workers at one Colorado opera company push to unionize as another is accused of union busting
Amid a growing labor movement, some say there has been “an awakening” among performing artists
Posted inOutdoors
Vail Resorts declines voluntary recognition of Crested Butte lift mechanics union, forcing a formal election
Crested Butte Mountain Resort ski patrollers were among the first to form a union in the 1970s. Now the ski area’s lift crew is seeking to unionize as part of a resort labor renaissance
Posted inOutdoors
Loveland Ski Area patrollers, paramedics seek to unionize in push for better wages
If successful, Loveland would join a growing list of ski areas with unionized patrollers in Colorado’s consolidating resort industry
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Labor-movement wins are a home run for workers, but the game isn’t over
Let’s take the lead on labor policies that empower hardworking Coloradans and grow the middle class
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Purgatory ski patrollers form union, push for better wages as part of national resort labor movement
Pete Kemery spent last winter living in his truck camper parked at a friend’s house. “I wasn’t paying rent so I was able to make my job work,” said the ski patroller at Purgatory ski area outside Durango. “That’s pretty common for a lot of us. And I guess we’ve reached a point where we […]
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What’s Working: Colorado employers say there’s still a labor shortage even as more jobs are filled
Colorado employers may be facing some of the highest inflation in decades, not to mention talk of recession (no, one hasn’t been officially announced). But one thing that may be finally easing up is attracting enough workers. It’s still bad, just not as bad as it was a year ago, said Curtis Englehart, executive director […]