Unions /tags/unions Unions en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT Colorado budget crisis imperils state worker raises, threatening to break union contract /politics/2025-02-15/colorado-budget-crisis-imperils-state-worker-raises-threatening-to-break-union-contract If the Joint Budget Committee — and the rest of the state legislature — doesn’t fund the raises, it would force the union back to the bargaining table Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT /politics/2025-02-15/colorado-budget-crisis-imperils-state-worker-raises-threatening-to-break-union-contract Brian Eason, The Colorado Sun The King Soopers strike could cost Colorado Girl Scouts hundreds of thousands of dollars in cookie sales /news/2025-02-13/the-king-soopers-strike-could-cost-colorado-girl-scouts-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-in-cookie-sales Girl Scouts of Colorado CEO Leanna Clark said the girls in green and tan sold 3.7 million packages of cookies in 2024, many outside King Soopers stores. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:54:53 GMT /news/2025-02-13/the-king-soopers-strike-could-cost-colorado-girl-scouts-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-in-cookie-sales Tracy Ross, The Colorado Sun Worker's coalition aims to address climate emergency, economic inequality /news/2025-01-27/workers-coalition-aims-to-address-climate-emergency-economic-inequality Organized workers across Colorado are forming a climate-jobs coalition to address economic and racial inequality by creating high quality, good paying union jobs in the state's growing clean energy sector. Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT /news/2025-01-27/workers-coalition-aims-to-address-climate-emergency-economic-inequality Eric Galatas, Public °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Service Colorado ski patrols criticize company's response to Park City strike /regional-news/2025-01-03/colorado-ski-patrols-criticize-companys-response-to-park-city-strike Unions at three Colorado mountains penned a letter to Vail Resorts CEO Kristen Lynch, objecting to the company using their colleagues to backfill striking workers in Utah. Fri, 03 Jan 2025 23:16:33 GMT /regional-news/2025-01-03/colorado-ski-patrols-criticize-companys-response-to-park-city-strike Rachel Cohen New union gives Opera Colorado workers off-stage power and presence /podcast/inthenoco/2024-01-10/new-union-gives-opera-colorado-workers-off-stage-power-and-presence Behind the elegant voices, opera singers have been fighting for the same rights that workers across the state are demanding. Today on In The NoCo, we learn about workers at Opera Colorado and their hard-fought battle to unionize. Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:45:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-01-10/new-union-gives-opera-colorado-workers-off-stage-power-and-presence In The NoCo, Erin O'Toole, Robyn Vincent Kaiser Permanente workers ratify contract after strike over wages and staffing levels /news/2023-11-09/kaiser-permanente-workers-ratify-contract-after-strike-over-wages-and-staffing-levels Tens of thousands of health care workers have ratified a new four-year contract with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels. Thu, 09 Nov 2023 21:24:42 GMT /news/2023-11-09/kaiser-permanente-workers-ratify-contract-after-strike-over-wages-and-staffing-levels Associated Press Kaiser Permanente workers union reaches tentative deal with health care giant /news/2023-10-13/kaiser-permanente-workers-union-reaches-tentative-deal-with-health-care-giant After a nationwide strike among unionized Kaiser Permanente workers in early October, the union and the health care company have announced a tentative agreement. Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:15:32 GMT /news/2023-10-13/kaiser-permanente-workers-union-reaches-tentative-deal-with-health-care-giant Natalie Skowlund Health care strike over pay and staff shortages heads into final day with no deal in sight /news/2023-10-06/health-care-strike-over-pay-and-staff-shortages-heads-into-final-day-with-no-deal-in-sight A massive health care strike over wages and staff shortages is heading into its final day without a deal between industry giant Kaiser Permanente and the unions representing the 75,000 workers who picketed this week. Fri, 06 Oct 2023 16:19:01 GMT /news/2023-10-06/health-care-strike-over-pay-and-staff-shortages-heads-into-final-day-with-no-deal-in-sight Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press Voices from the Kaiser picket lines and a symphonic century in Fort Collins /podcast/inthenoco/2023-10-05/voices-from-the-kaiser-picket-lines-and-symphonic-century-in-fort-collins Thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in Colorado have walked off the job for three days. They say they are stretched thin amid a serious employee shortage and want better pay. Also on today's episode — what sprouted from a group of volunteer musicians a century ago has blossomed into a Northern Colorado institution. Thu, 05 Oct 2023 09:45:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2023-10-05/voices-from-the-kaiser-picket-lines-and-symphonic-century-in-fort-collins In The NoCo Kaiser Permanente workers go on strike to the chime of honking horns /news/2023-10-04/kaiser-permanente-workers-go-on-strike-to-the-chime-of-honking-horns Health care workers across Colorado went on strike Wednesday to demand fair wages and better staffing from the health care company Kaiser Permanente. Wed, 04 Oct 2023 21:34:24 GMT /news/2023-10-04/kaiser-permanente-workers-go-on-strike-to-the-chime-of-honking-horns Natalie Skowlund