Labor

The meatpacking giant in Greeley says some employees are not joining the picket line and coming to work instead, for “stability” and to “support their families." Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tracy Ross and then read the entire article at the link below.

Democrats at the Capitol defied Gov. Jared Polis and took steps to push back against the Trump administration. A big slate of gun bills passed. Lawmakers tried to clear hurdles halting sex assault investigations.

Senate Bill 5 would abolish a requirement in the Colorado Labor Peace Act that 75% of workers at a company sign off before unions can negotiate with businesses over union security. That’s after a majority of workers vote to unionize.

The governor has said he opposes any effort to repeal a requirement that workers get to vote on whether they should be forced to pay fees for collective bargaining representation — whether or not they are members of their workplace’s union. Now Democrats will test whether he'll follow through with a veto.

The big union bill, a resolution forcing a lawsuit aimed at dismantling the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights and Gov. Jared Polis signature housing measure are all still pending with just five days left in Colorado’s 2025 legislative session.

With less than 60 days left to go and plenty of big, controversial bills still in play, it’s crunch time for state lawmakers.

If the Joint Budget Committee — and the rest of the state legislature — doesn’t fund the raises, it would force the union back to the bargaining table

The World War Two-era law requires unions to take two votes before they can represent workers in labor negotiations.

For 82 years, this law has made unionization more difficult in Colorado.

Democratic lawmakers want to make it easier for workplaces to fully unionize, but their plan to repeal Colorado's one-of-a-kind organizing requirements faces opposition from business and the governor.