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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.

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.

Jan. 23, 2017, by Joey Bunch, ColoradoPolitics.com

Denver - On a press call Monday, Colorado AFL-CIO Executive Director Sam Gilchrist called on Senator Cory Gardner to vote against the nomination of Andy Puzder as US Secretary of Labor. 

Denver – At their final meeting of 2016, the Colorado AFL-CIO Executive Board passed two resolutions reaffirming its role as an institution committed to standing against hate crimes and standing in solidarity with our fellow union members when unreasonably attacked.