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New officers elected for BALC

23 Dec, 2023

Boulder Area Labor Council is excited to announce our new officer elections results.

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Analysis of the impact of low wages

27 Feb, 2025

Family homelessness has doubled from its pre-COVID rate and Boulder County food pantries are seeing record numbers of visitors (Source)
Nearly one out of every four working-age households

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Union-busting Wisconsin group has its dollars in Colorado politics, according to two investigations

From the Colorado Springs Gazette By: Joey Bunch, ColoradoPolitics.com

May 16, 2017

18, May, 2017

Colorado AFL-CIO on President Donald Trump’s FY 2018 Budget

Colorado AFL-CIO Executive Director Sam Gilchrist made the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s proposed budget:

16, Mar, 2017

Collective Action of Working People Reject Andrew Puzder

February 15, 2017

15, Feb, 2017

Colorado AFL-CIO Statement on Internal Party Races

The Colorado AFL-CIO issued the following statement today regarding the on-going internal Democrat and Republican party races:

11, Feb, 2017

In Colorado at least, union membership is growing

Reports on the death of unions are greatly exaggerated. At least in Colorado.

The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows union membership jumped from 8.4 percent of the workforce in 2015 to 9.8 percent last year.

02, Feb, 2017

Colorado AFL-CIO lays out agenda for helping working families to legislature

The state's largest labor organization, the Colorado AFL-CIO, wants legislators to pass equal-pay laws, keep jobs from going overseas and fight Republican efforts to do away with the state health exchange.

02, Feb, 2017