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Labor Unions

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Medical marijuana advocates collecting petitions to overturn Fort Collins ban

    On Valentine's Day, all Fort Collins dispensaries closed as the result of a retail ban passed the previous November. But MMJ patients and industry types aren't meekly accepting this verdict. Following on unsuccessful court challenge, they've banded together to collect signatures for a new proposal t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Medical marijuana retail ban passes in Fort Collins despite union help fighting it

    ​Update: Steve Ackerman, president of the Fort Collins Medical Cannabis Association and owner of the Organic Alternatives dispensary, notes that the final count in a vote to ban MMJ retail operations in his hometown won't be released until noon today. However, he sounds resigned to defeat and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    DPS board censure vote: Did Andrea Merida, other members violate open meeting law or not?

    ​ On Thursday, the seven-member Denver Public Schools board will vote on whether to censure three of its members: Jeannie Kaplan, Arturo Jimenez and Andrea Merida, subject of our recent story "Rule Breaker." But a legal opinion from the district's teachers union says the trio, accused of viola ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Crisanta Duran beats Mark Thrun in Democratic HD5 primary, gets her website hacked

    Crisanta Duran.​Lawyer and former Colorado Young Democrats president Crisanta Duran defeated Denver Health doctor Mark Thrun yesterday in the Democratic State House primary in Denver's District 5. The race wasn't always pretty, with both sides accusing the other of playing dirty. But Duran's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Mile High Music Festival: Ozomatli on activism and working under the Bush administration

    ​ This is distinctly American music. Working with a lineup that's fluctuated between six and ten and has included members of Jurassic 5, Ozomatli has for some fifteen years been blending Latin rhythms and hip-hop influences for a sound that's as big as it is varied and multicultural. The U.S. ... More >>

  • Film

    April 29, 2010

    The Cartel makes up for a lack of style and structure with stone cold facts

    ​ This is distinctly American music. Working with a lineup that's fluctuated between six and ten and has included members of Jurassic 5, Ozomatli has for some fifteen years been blending Latin rhythms and hip-hop influences for a sound that's as big as it is varied and multicultural. The U.S. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    UFCW Local 7 endorses opponent of Crisanta Duran, former union boss's daughter, in HD 5 race

    Crisanta Duran and a guy you might know​Update, 3:57 p.m.: Crisanta Duran has released a statement about the UFCW Local 7 endorsement. Look for it below the original item. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 has endorsed Mark Thrun, a Denver Health doctor, in the race to represent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Safeway and King Soopers workers vote on "win-win situation"

    ​For much of the past year, contract negotiations at Colorado King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons stores have dragged on amid an atmosphere riper than an unrefrigerated meat section. But at last, a peaceful solution seems near. Last week, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 and Al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    What happens next after grocery workers contract vote?

    ​Update, December 17, 3:21 p.m.: King Soopers has issued an official response to the contract ratification; still nothing from Safeway. Look below for the latest. On Tuesday, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 announced a surprising split vote over the latest contract offers for area ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Dick Wadhams on Tom Tancredo's impending run for governor

    Dick Wadhams isn't leading the "Run Tom" parade. But he swears he's not putting up roadblocks, either.​Yesterday, Tom Tancredo confirmed his plans to run for governor now that state senator Josh Penry has dropped out of the race. That throws a kink into frontrunner Scott McInnis' dream of a un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    Douglas County Republicans ramp up the rhetoric in school board fight

    John Ransom.​School board races are typically nonpartisan, but not this year in Douglas County. The Republican party there has endorsed a slate of four candidates -- an unusual move the Denver Post took note of in an October 20 article that focused more on conflicts and complaints from the lik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Behind the latest breakdown in talks between grocery workers and Safeway

    A September rally for grocery workers at UFCW Local 7 headquarters.​ On October 20, negotiators for grocery workers and Safeway, one of three giant chains whose contracts with union employees in Colorado have expired, sat down for the first time in ages to try and hammer out an agreement. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    The possible impact on grocery-worker negotiations of Albertsons store closings

    ​As we noted last week, there appears to have been zero measurable progress made in resolving the long-running contract dispute between unionized grocery workers and the big three local chains: King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons. But the latter triumvirate may have just gained a public-relat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    What Robert Redford and fellow lefties are up to at the Project New West summit

    A Flickr photoRobert Redford, who's probably had some work done.​Today and tomorrow, political heavy hitters of the progressive persuasion throughout the region are meeting at the Colorado History Museum as part of the 2009 Western Summit, sponsored by Project New West, an organization that de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Beers and Brewhahas: Bill Ritter vs. Labor Unions and his own party

    chug-a-lug​If the president can do it, so can everyone else. What Colorado needs now are more sudsy sit-downs. Here's an example (see our previous pairings here, here and here): Dispute: Bill Ritter vs. Labor Unions and his own party Beer: Steamworks Brewing Company's Colorado Kolsch ​ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Union attacks pension cuts in latest grocery-chain contract offer

    The past few days have been relatively quiet ones in regard to the continuing standoff between union-represented grocery workers and chains such as King Soopers and Safeway over a new contract. However, the latest entry on the Twiter feed linked to AlwaysHereForColorado.com, a site launched by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Grocery workers claiming victory in two legal faceoffs

    An image from the AlwaysHereForColorado.com website. Last week, King Soopers asked a federal court judge to stop United Food and Commercial Workers International Local No. 7 representatives from talking to staffers while they're on the job -- a tactic referred to in press accounts as "blitzing." Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    King Soopers looking to defend the blitz

    As noted yesterday, King Soopers is avoiding the nuclear option when it comes to negotiations with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Local No. 7, rapidly agreeing to go back to the bargaining table as opposed to locking out employees who overwhelming rejected the retailers lates ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    King Soopers avoiding nuclear option in grocery-worker contract negotiations

    Once it became clear that the overwhelming majority of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local No. 7 members across the Front Range had rejected King Soopers' latest contract offer, the company had the option to put further negotiations in the freezer section. Instead, King So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    The Bill Ritter friends-into-foes transformation continues

    Bill Ritter keeps his pen busy in a photo from the Colorado AFL-CIO's Employee-Free Choice page. Earlier this week, Governor Bill Ritter got an earful from grocery workers while signing a bill they saw as a full-frontal attack on them at a time when they're involved in a contract drama with three ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Grocery union ratchets up the drama as another contract deadline approaches

    The latest deadline in talks between United Food & Commercial Workers Local #7 and representatives of King Soopers stores is midnight tomorrow -- and while neither side seems to want a work stoppage to begin one second later, there's disagreement over how long an negotiations extension should be. ... More >>

  • News

    November 27, 2008

    There's no place like home for Somali refugees in Greeley

    The latest deadline in talks between United Food & Commercial Workers Local #7 and representatives of King Soopers stores is midnight tomorrow -- and while neither side seems to want a work stoppage to begin one second later, there's disagreement over how long an negotiations extension should be. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    The DNC goodie bag: How good is it?

    The latest deadline in talks between United Food & Commercial Workers Local #7 and representatives of King Soopers stores is midnight tomorrow -- and while neither side seems to want a work stoppage to begin one second later, there's disagreement over how long an negotiations extension should be. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    The DNC goodie bag: How good is it?

    The latest deadline in talks between United Food & Commercial Workers Local #7 and representatives of King Soopers stores is midnight tomorrow -- and while neither side seems to want a work stoppage to begin one second later, there's disagreement over how long an negotiations extension should be. ... More >>

  • News

    July 3, 2008

    Cesar Chavez Says

    Yes, he was against illegal immigration -- but he was also pro-Aztlan.

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2007

    Coming Up Short

    Yes, he was against illegal immigration -- but he was also pro-Aztlan.

  • Culture

    April 29, 2004

    Artbeat

    Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

  • News

    July 3, 2003

    Follow That Story

    Nurses Denied

  • Calendar

    May 29, 2003

    Thrillin' Trillin

    Nurses Denied

  • News

    May 1, 2003

    Imagine a Great Mayor

    The candidates are spit-shining their images, trying to prove that, really, they're not all the same person.

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2003

    Exhibit A

    Where it's always showtime

  • News

    January 23, 2003

    The Coors of History

    A brief look at the brewer's past.

  • News

    November 29, 2001

    Show Stoppers

    Box-office employees are battling the DCPA behind the scenes in an effort to form a union.

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Look for the Union Label

    JOAs can be bad news for newspaper employees.

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    Follow that story

    US West deregulation issues; War between union and steel mill rages on

  • News

    October 7, 1999

    Standing Together

    Some nurses say it's time they got organized.

  • News

    September 2, 1999

    The Other Coors Spokesman

    International Mr. Leather Bruce Chopnik wants to tell the world: It's a new day for gays and Coors.

  • 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

    April 15, 1999

    Letters

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

  • News

    May 29, 1997

    Letters

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

  • News

    April 17, 1997

    Short Temper

    A lobbyist faces censure even from lawmakers who agree with him.

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    It's the Pits

    The CSO finds itself in the middle of a squabble over possible royalties from a new film.

  • News

    November 14, 1996

    Con Jobs

    Frying taco shells, growing zinnias--it's all in a day's work for Colorado prisoners.

  • News

    February 7, 1996

    IT CAN'T BE HIS DELIVERY

    EVERYBODY LOVES THIS COMMERCE CITY POSTAL EMPLOYEE. SO WHY DON'T HIS BOSSES?

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