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Boulder Area Labor Council 2025 Endorsements

27 Sep, 2025

The Committee on Political Education (COPE) of the Boulder Area Labor Council is excited to announce our endorsements for Boulder, Broomfield and Longmont. Boulder City Council Lauren Folkert, Campaign website Nicole Speer, Campaign website Max Lord, Campaign Website Rachel Isaacson, Campaign

New officers elected for BALC

23 Dec, 2023

Boulder Area Labor Council is excited to announce our new officer elections results. Geof Cahoon, after many years of service to our community, has decided to step back from his role as our long-time President. He will remain involved with our efforts as the Vice President. Alejandra Beatty, who had

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Faith and labor partnership launched on Birmingham bombing anniversary

Rev. William Barber, who heads the nonprofit Repairers of the Breach and the Poor People’s Campaign, joined Richard Trumka, president of the country’s largest federation of unions, at the church to announce a formal partnership to work for social, racial and economic justice.

16, Sep, 2020

Watch: NFLPA Video on Racial Justice

As the new professional football season begins, the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) released the first in a series of videos of members speaking out on racial justice. The video focuses on NFLPA members’ activism and their participation in the Black Lives Matter movement.

11, Sep, 2020

Joe Biden and Richard Trumka: Put power back in workers' hands

Fifty-five years ago, in a speech to the convention of the Illinois AFL-CIO, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. laid out with characteristic moral clarity the essential role of unions in American life. “The labor movement,” he explained, “was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress … [When] the wave of union organization crested over the nation, it carried to secure shores not only itself but the whole society. Civilization began to grow in the economic life of man, and a decent life with a sense of security and dignity became a reality rather than a distant dream.”

07, Sep, 2020

Kamala Harris and Liz Shuler: Unions can help America build back better after COVID-19

This Labor Day, America’s working families are facing unprecedented challenges.

07, Sep, 2020

At 65%, Approval of Labor Unions in U.S. Remains High

As Labor Day approaches and economic conditions in the U.S. remain tenuous, Americans' 65% approval of labor unions is once again the highest it has been since 2003.

03, Sep, 2020

Labor Unions Plan to Turn Out an Army of Poll Workers for the Election

A lack of poll workers can lead to a lack of available polling places ― and voter disenfranchisement. Given that the pandemic has made door-knocking infeasible in so many areas, labor groups are diverting some of that energy and resources to the poll worker cause.

03, Sep, 2020