WASHINGTON– On Monday, with Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) promising a final vote on financial regulatory reform in the next few days, rather than weeks, thousands descended on K Street in Washington, D.C., to lobby the lobbyists.
Moderate Democratic U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey is being targeted by a pro-health reform campaign that will run in the districts of 17 members of Congress for the rest of the week in advance of a vote in Washington. The campaign…
A pro-business group intent on torpedoing the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is taking the battle to the airwaves in Colorado and three other states with a million-dollar ad campaign, TPM Election Central reports. The 30-second TV ad, which began airing Tuesday, links embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to a union backing the legislation and ends with a plea to “call Sen. (Ken) Salazar. Tell him to say no to the Union Boss Bailout.”
A national labor organization will send a mailer supporting Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Udall to tens of thousands of registered voters and unions members this week.
In less than a year, Colorado’s 32,000 state employees have been unionized in what was considered to be the largest labor organizing campaign in the nation.
A local labor union is targeting a janitorial contractor at Denver International Airport over allegations that the company is refusing to negotiate health care benefits for workers.
In the concrete wilderness of brand-name storefronts and meticulous landscaping, members and supporters of the local Service Employees International Union (SEIU) gave up their Saturday afternoon to picket the Millard Group, a company which provides janitorial services for the Park…
The fight is on to unionize approximately 20 janitors working at that Park Meadows Shopping Center, the bustling mall located south of metro Denver.
According to organizers with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the labor group has been…
UPDATE: Gov. Ritter will sign the healthcare worker whistle blower bill tomorrow, and issue and executive order calling for a taskforce to address hospital staffing levels.
It’s not just businesses on the lobbyist bandwagon.
While corporations pay…
Last week Colorado Confidential reported on local labor elections and the unions that won them.
According to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, there have been 17 elections since 2003, and 12 of those were won by…
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