Tag: unions
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EDITORIAL: Colorado labor law left counties in a straitjacket
Ruling Democrats at the state Capitol in Denver have been bending over backward for organized labor for years, most notably when Gov. Jared Polis signed collective bargaining power over to state government employees in 2020. Ever since, tens of thousands of staffers in the state bureaucracy have been able to negotiate ever higher wages and…
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Perspective: Government unions squeeze Colorado’s budget
Colorado lawmakers are facing impossible choices this budget season. Fund education or health care? Invest in infrastructure or public safety? But there’s a budget-buster legislators rarely mention by name — government union contracts. Since Gov. Jared Polis signed collective bargaining into law for state employees in 2020, personnel costs have exploded. Next year’s union-negotiated raises…
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When Colorado schools dump unions, they excel
Last fall, the Colorado Education Association boasted that over 80% of the candidates it endorsed statewide won their races. But scratch beneath the surface of that talking point and you’ll find a very different story — one that reveals not union strength, but growing teacher discontent and a roadmap for educational improvement that doesn’t require…
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Colorado unions, businesses may clash in state legislature in 2025
Denver Gazette editor Luige del Puerto explains how businesses and unions alike may resolve a dispute over union election procedures to Colorado’s state legislature in 2025.