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Meet a Colo. lawmaker who’s conservative. Republican. And a union member.
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Republican state Rep. Phil Covarrubias represents a district that encompasses Brighton, Lochbuie and eastern Adams County south to Deer Trail. It’s a good mix, he says, of rich and poor, blue-collar workers, and rural farmers and ranchers. It’s the blue-collar workers who may be closest to Covarrubias’ heart because that’s where he comes from. The…
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Organized labor lays out its agenda at Colorado’s Capitol
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One of organized labor’s power hitters – the state’s teacher unions – had a banner year in 2017 given the outcome of the November election. They rolled their opponents in key school board races – and rolled back reforms shortly thereafter in at least one of those schools districts. But how will big labor do…
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Union members to rally for a better contract at Xcel Energy in Denver Friday
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Union workers are expected to march on Xcel Energy’s headquarters at 18th and Larimer streets at lunchtime Friday. IBEW Local 111 Xcel Energy Employees said Thursday evening that the unionists would “be joined by community leaders, retirees, elected officials and their families” to protest a company decision in their contract they say will reduce wages…
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Polis lands key early endorsement from IBEW union in crowded Democratic primary
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In some races, certain endorsements matter much more than others, and Jared Polis bagged a big one early in the Democratic race for governor Wednesday. Colorado Politics is the first to report that the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ Colorado State Conference of Electrical Workers is backing the congressman from Boulder in the nine-candidate Democratic…
