Tag: union
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Greeley JBS strike continues as workers ask for better pay, safety equipment
The strike at a JBS-owned beef plant in Greeley stretched into its fourth day on Thursday. About 3,800 union workers went on strike Monday morning after several months of contract negotiations between the beef processing giant and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 union reached an impasse over pay and safety equipment. UFCW…
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JBS beef plant workers in Greeley to strike next week, union said
Around 3,800 union workers at the JBS-owned Swift Beef plant in Greeley plan to strike next week after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract with the meat processing giant. The strike is scheduled begin at 5:30 a.m. Monday, the union said in a press release. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local…
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Medical providers at Peak Vista Community Health Centers to begin voting on unionization
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After more than three months of waiting for approval, 91 medical providers at Peak Vista Community Health Centers in six southern Colorado communities have received the legal go-ahead from the National Board of Labor Relations to vote on whether to unionize. Ballots will be mailed…
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Medical providers at Peak Vista Community Health Centers to begin voting on unionization
After more than three months of waiting for approval, 91 medical providers at Peak Vista Community Health Centers in six southern Colorado communities have received the legal go-ahead from the National Board of Labor Relations to vote on whether to unionize. Ballots will be mailed Thursday to eligible employees and must be returned before Jan.…
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New labor union on brink of forming in Colorado Springs
A labor union that represents some 7,000 licensed doctors and advanced-practice clinicians nationwide is on the cusp of forming in Colorado Springs. Leaders of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists announced during a press conference Monday that they had at that minute submitted a filing with the National Labor Relations Board, an independent federal…
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Federal judge allows competing staffing claims by Kaiser, union to proceed to trial
A federal judge has determined the competing claims that Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado and its union have lodged against each other will proceed to trial, with the parties both alleging a breach of staffing responsibilities in their collective bargaining agreement. In a pair of orders, U.S. District Court Senior Judge William J. Martínez determined…
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WATCH: Janitors, union members, march through Denver streets
Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 held a “Justice for Janitors” march and rally around Denver’s Union Station on Monday, June 17, 2024. Local politicians like Clerk and Recorder Paul López, Denver City Councilmember Flor Alvidrez and Colo. State Rep. Tim Hernández joined SEIU 105 members for the event.
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Teachers union, others react to ballot measure results
Amie Baca-Oehlert from Colorado Education Association, Carmen Medrano from United for a New Economy and Kathy White from Colorado Fiscal Institute react to Tuesday’s results on Proposition GG, which would require a tax information table be included on petitions and ballots for any citizen-initiated measure that changes the individual income tax rate, and Proposition 121,…