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Jobs and Labor

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Wilson Chandler in Denver to negotiate with Nuggets, sets Friday deadline for deal

    We can say definitively that Wilson Chandler's contract negotiations have been the most intensely followed of any restricted free agent swing man who played in China during the NBA lockout this season. Call us brash, but we're putting that out there. Alas, the negotiations should have some finality ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Rockies' Mike Jacobs becomes first U.S. professional athlete to test positive for HGH

    Sky SoxJacobs.​So far, the most notable moment of the Rockies season was when management traded Ubaldo Jimenez, the best pitcher in team history. And now we have another notable -- but not positive event -- with which to mark the season: Mike Jacobs, first baseman for the Rockies' Triple-A te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Kyle Orton trade: Will he take less to start for Miami Dolphins than to sit for Denver Broncos?

    Kyle Orton.​The trade melodrama over quarterback Kyle Orton ain't over yet. The Miami Dolphins remain the most likely Orton destination, despite safety-net interest from the Arizona Cardinals -- and the pressure to get a deal done is ratcheting higher, in part because of issues involving contr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    DIA adds a few Colorado-centric carts and kiosks...and they're hiring

    Hammond's July candy cane​We've carped plenty about the lack of Colorado-created items at Denver International Airport, and a new program will not only introduce a few state-specific retail outlets, but will also be hiring some Coloradans to work at them at a job fair today. Over the next two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Alec Burks, former CU Buffs guard, looks to be a lottery pick in the NBA Draft

    Alec Burks.​If the NBA Draft plays out for Alec Burks the way the CU Buffs' season did, he'll be drafted in the middle of the second round. After all, the Buffs received a March Madness snub that had ESPN's Dick Vitale screaming something about Scarlett Johanssen. But assuming another injustic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Denver Broncos sued by insurance company over claims by Floyd Little, other past players

    Floyd Little.​When Broncos legend Floyd Little was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year, his relationship with his past team seemed blissful. But now, a lawsuit on view below reveals that Little and a slew of other past Broncos, including notables like Louie Wright and Randy G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Carmelo Anthony: Possible 2011 lockout may help keep him a Nugget

    Something else to celebrate?​Mark Kiszla's Denver Post column about the prospect of the Nuggets trading Carmelo Anthony is getting a lot of national run, even prompting a fresh piece in USA Today. But while this scenario isn't beyond the realm of possibility, there's an equally strong argumen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Andrew Romanoff can't win primary, says Dick Wadhams, and Michael Bennet needs to fess up

    Dick Wadhams, scorching Dem earth.​According to Colorado GOP boss Dick Wadhams, there's a very simple reason why Republicans like Jane Norton have concentrated more on Michael Bennet and less on Andrew Romanoff in relation to the White House job offer scandal. Wadhams sees no scenario in whic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Teacher-tenure bill: Union rooting for amendments to help low-rated instructors

    "Pay attention, lawmakers."​On the final day of the Colorado legislative session, the teacher's union behind much of the uproar about a controversial bill to expand regulation of the state's K-12 teachers is praying the Senate okays a package of House amendments aimed at lessening the blow to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Safeway belatedly responds to rejection of its latest contract offer

    ​Yesterday, King Soopers formally, and finally, acknowledged that its grocery workers had accepted the company's last, best and final contract offer. But silenced prevailed at Safeway, whose employees turned down pretty much the same deal -- until today. The firm's release focuses most of its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Alamos Verdes has the worst boss of 2009!

    ​Alamos Verdes doesn't have bad Mexican food, but the venerable Arvada restaurant has the "Worst Boss of 2009," according to eBossWatch.com, which just ranked the 25 worst bosses. Coming out on top: Paul Martinez, co-owner and manager of the restaurant at 5304 Vance Street that his parents, E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Jobbed: King Soopers scabs, uh, replacement workers

    ​Having trouble finding work? You're not alone. Follow Jobbed every week as we troll for the weird, the wacky and the worst of what the recession-era world of job ads has to offer. The Job, as posted online: Temporary Replacement Clerk at King Soopers Responsibilities: King Soopers will be h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Does a mail-in vote for a new grocery contract make ratification more likely?

    A rally at UFCW 7 headquarters earlier this year.​Word broke last week that King Soopers and Safeway workers affiliated with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 would soon begin voting on the companies' last, best and final contract offer. But customers and employees alike won't know if ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    King Soopers and Safeway barely get "last, best and final offer" to grocery workers under the wire

    Will grocery shoppers be seeing signs like these in the near future?​Update below: King Soopers and Safeway told United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 reps they'd submit their "last, best and final" offer by the end of yesterday -- and they almost missed their own deadline. Just shy of 6 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Read the letter about King Soopers' "last, best and final" offer to grocery workers

    ​Today, King Soopers and Safeway are expected to submit their "last, best and final" offer to grocery workers. Don't know much about the details yet, or whether the proposal will be notably different from the ones members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 have roundly rejected ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    While grocery workers fret, their union bosses are busy fighting

    Melanie AsmarKim Cordova and Cindy Lucero in front of the UFCW headquarters.​ Kim Cordova and Cindy Lucero, the president-elect and secretary-treasurer-elect of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, stood in front of the union's empty headquarters in Wheat Ridge this afternoon and, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    A grocery worker talks about potential strike, lockout

    ​On October 20, talks between grocery workers and Safeway about a new contract broke down only a few hours after they'd started up again -- and later that week, King Soopers employees were given a letter strongly implying that if Safeway staffers struck, they'd be locked out. It's a scenario f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    How imminent is a grocery-workers strike after latest contract rejection?

    Are signs like these in the future for Coloado grocery shoppers?​Yesterday, the last votes by unionized Safeway workers were counted, and once again, they turned thumbs-down on a contract that struck plenty of employees as extremely familiar. According to United Food and Commercial Workers Loc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Zero progress evident in grocery-worker negotiations

    An icon from the AlwaysHereForColorado.com site.​In early May, it looked like a strike against King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons by union employees was a real possibility. Since then, however, the situation has dragged out and out and out, with continued extensions creating little pressure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Lockheed's spin on impending layoffs at Jeffco facility

    An image from Lockheed Martin Space Systems' website.​Lockheed Martin Space Systems' Waterton Canyon facility has served as a major economic engine for southern Jefferson County for decades, and it will no doubt continue to do so -- but its horsepower is due for a reduction. The firm plans to ... More >>

  • News

    July 23, 2009

    Troubleshooter Tom Martino uses TV and radio to promote the trickle-up economics of Efusjon

    An image from Lockheed Martin Space Systems' website.​Lockheed Martin Space Systems' Waterton Canyon facility has served as a major economic engine for southern Jefferson County for decades, and it will no doubt continue to do so -- but its horsepower is due for a reduction. The firm plans to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Grocery workers, management in potential-strike staredown

    An image from the AlwaysHereForColorado.com website. Just as they did in early May, King Soopers employees rejected the company's latest contract offer. In a press release, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 7, characterized the margin of defeat as overwhelming and urged "the co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    For Chrissakes, someone give Steve Perfors a job!

    White collar day laborers on Speer? At 6 a.m., Steve Perfors hit the streets of Denver looking for a job. Literally. As commuters were making their way into downtown this morning, they were treated to the unusual sight of Perfors, dressed as if attending a job interview, standing on the side of Sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    If there's a grocery strike, what will you do?

    A Flickr photoWorkers picket a California Albertsons in 2003 Have you worked out your supermarket strike plan? If you haven't, now might be a good time. Although the corporate execs and lawyers at Safeway, King Soopers and Albertsons are still negotiating with the familiar, name-tagged faces who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Management, union really don't want a grocery strike

    The decision by employees at King Soopers and Safeway to keep working amid continuing negotiations with management through at least May 30 despite the fact that their respective contracts have expired indicates an understanding that striking amid an economic downturn is a worst-case scenario for a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    Interview with Christopher Ortiz, co-creator of the Stuff Journalists Like website

    In a Westword Q&A published earlier today, Stuff White People Like author Christian Lander rattles off a list of websites that pay a form of tribute to his Internet creation, which shares its name with a bestselling book he'll be talking about and signing at the Boulder Bookstore tonight. Among th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Fort Collins Coloradoan editor Bob Moore on Gannett's company-wide furlough program

    As noted in a January 20 blog about Channel 9, the Gannett Company, whose portfolio includes 9News and the Fort Collins Coloradoan, among many other media properties nationwide, announced that in an attempt to prevent further layoffs, the vast majority of its 31,000-person workforce would be requi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2008

    Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: Republican Job Fair

    Click here to see a larger image; it'll take a few seconds. The last election put many Republicans out of work. As difficult as it is to feel sorry for Bob Schaffer, Tom Tancredo, Wayne Allard and Marilyn Musgrave, it's even more difficult to imagine them dusting off their resumes and seeking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    Wake-Up Call: Looking for work is hard work

    Today is officially Keep Colorado Working day – but where, exactly, are people supposed to be working? Yesterday, Intrawest Corporation– which runs Winter Park and owns Steamboat and Copper Mountain – announced companywide cuts. (Happy opening day, Winter Park!) And here in town, longtime ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    Cara DeGette on layoffs at the Colorado Independent

    Today is officially Keep Colorado Working day – but where, exactly, are people supposed to be working? Yesterday, Intrawest Corporation– which runs Winter Park and owns Steamboat and Copper Mountain – announced companywide cuts. (Happy opening day, Winter Park!) And here in town, longtime ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    Sorry, really wrong number

    Today is officially Keep Colorado Working day – but where, exactly, are people supposed to be working? Yesterday, Intrawest Corporation– which runs Winter Park and owns Steamboat and Copper Mountain – announced companywide cuts. (Happy opening day, Winter Park!) And here in town, longtime ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 27, 2007

    Mammoth Problems

    Today is officially Keep Colorado Working day – but where, exactly, are people supposed to be working? Yesterday, Intrawest Corporation– which runs Winter Park and owns Steamboat and Copper Mountain – announced companywide cuts. (Happy opening day, Winter Park!) And here in town, longtime ... More >>

  • News

    October 30, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of October 30, 2003

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Critical Condition

    Denver Health nurses are ready to unionize to save their profession.

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    The Long Road Home

    Why so many parolees go back to prison, and how a new approach could help turn them around.

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    Get a Job

    Finding work is hard work.

  • Calendar

    June 6, 2002

    Layoff Payoff

    The Layoff Lounge concept helps job seekers get in the groove with potential contacts.

  • Goods & Services

    April 4, 2002

    Best Place for Disgruntled Co-Workers

    The Conflict Center

  • Goods & Services

    March 29, 2001

    Best Fashion Advice

    "Style Matters"
    Rocky Mountain News

  • News

    December 7, 2000

    Follow That Story

    The Lunch Hour

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    The Cowboy Way

    Federal prison guards accused of beating inmates have their own support group -- the officers' union.

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Delivering the Message

    The women at UPS bleed as brown as the men, and they have the scars to prove it.

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Worked Over

    Police and firefighters who are injured on the job say the legislature has failed to protect and serve them.

  • News

    March 4, 1999

    Low Blows

    Police and firefighters who are injured on the job say the legislature has failed to protect and serve them.

  • News

    January 28, 1999

    Gimme Shelter

    Another sexual-harassment suit rattles the Denver Housing Authority.

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    Out of Focus

    Demons continue to haunt the injured ironworker who held up Focus on the Family--as well as his victims.

  • News

    August 28, 1997

    Letters

    Demons continue to haunt the injured ironworker who held up Focus on the Family--as well as his victims.

  • News

    November 28, 1996

    Reject Your Elders

    Demons continue to haunt the injured ironworker who held up Focus on the Family--as well as his victims.

  • News

    March 28, 1996

    Social Insecurity

    Want to file a complaint against federal bureaucrat Lupe Salinas? Take a number.

  • News

    March 7, 1996

    Taking Its Toll

    Labor STRIFE, racial tension and a "disadvantaged" owner who drives a Mercedes: between the lines of DIA's controversial parking contract.

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