Tag: Labor
Jobless benefits extension muddled by lawmaker wrangling
Mike Lillis at the Washington Independent sends the following dispatch from the frontlines in the partisan war to extend benefits to the vast ranks...
Employment bill called ‘corporate giveaway’
WASHINGTON-- Last week, as House Democrats took to the floor with near-unanimous praise for legislation to help the unemployed and stimulate the fragile economy, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) offered a wildly different message.
“This bill,” he said, “represents a textbook example of how not to deal with the economic challenges that our country faces.”
Harkin: Health plan with ‘strong public option’ will pass by Christmas
At a fundraiser in Iowa Sunday, the new chairman of the Senate health committee, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, declared that a health-reform bill...
Sources: Romanoff planning primary challenge to Bennet for Senate seat
Former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff is readying a primary challenge to incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet.
Supporters urged Romanoff to mount a primary challenge to Gov. Bill Ritter, whose surprise appointment of Bennet left some party activists angry, The Denver Post's Michael Riley and Christopher N. Osher report, but the 44-year-old Denver Democrat has instead decided to take on Bennet.
‘Right-to-work’ gets trampled in Colorado
On Election Day, Colorado voters decided against Amendment 47, a contentious “right-to-work” measure that sought to restrict the way unions organized in the state. It has been more than three decades since such a proposal was actually defeated on the ballot.
Amendment 54 would bar political donations from union officials’ kin
A so-called “clean government” initiative that would snuff out political contributions given by certain labor unions has a little-known clause targeting the immediate family members of union officials and supporters.
Media catches on to ‘clean government’ campaign’s transparency woes
Backers of an initiative campaign hyping the values of "clean government" are funding their efforts with anonymous cash, and the mainstream media is starting to catch on.
Initiative Takes Aim At ‘Right-To-Work’ Amendment, Could Face Problems
A proposed ballot measure could neutralize provisions in a "right-to-work" amendment that would change rules for establishing unions in Colorado workplaces, but the initiative...
Unions, Businesses Are Top Donors In ‘Right-to-Work’ Campaign
The war over rules for establishing unions in Colorado workplaces is being funded by unions and corporations rather than by individual donors, recent financial...
Mountain Resorts Struggle With Labor Shortages as Immigrant Crackdown Continues
It was a quiet May Day in the mountains of Colorado, and much calmer on the immigration-rights demonstration front across much of the state...