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A LOOK BACK | Freshman legislator upturns state politics, switches parties
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: State Rep. Faye Flemming, R-Thornton, told The Colorado Statesman “everything in my organization is in place” to deal with furious voters and their election to attempt to recall her. Less than six weeks after taking office, Fleming switched her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, leaving Democratic Party officials as…
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Public employee collective bargaining bill narrows focus to counties, higher education
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A collective bargaining bill for public employees in the works for the past two sessions continues to draw strong opposition from local governments and public higher education institutions. But in recent weeks, negotiations between Gov. Jared Polis, who opposed the legislation’s concepts as contained in early drafts, and bill sponsors have resulted in narrowing down…
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Labor lining up behind Tedesco in Democratic primary for Colorado’s new congressional seat
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Democratic congressional candidate Charles “Chaz” Tedesco, an Adams County commissioner and former local union president, this week added more unions to an already labor-heavy list of endorsers. Tedesco is facing three Democrats in a primary to represent Colorado’s new, highly competitive 8th Congressional District, which covers suburban Adams County and parts of Weld County, including…
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Kings Soopers strike ends with tentative deal
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Striking King Soopers and City Market workers can return to work as soon as today after Kroger Co. and Commercial Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 officials announced a tentative agreement early Friday. The development ends the almost 10-day strike that started Jan. 12 after the two sides failed to reach an agreement before contracts…
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King Soopers files temporary restraining order against picketers
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Kroger on Tuesday said a judge has granted its request for a temporary restraining order against striking King Soopers workers after the company claimed that picketers were harassing store customers and workers who crossed the picket line. Kroger, the parent company of Colorado’s King Soopers and City Market stores, filed the request in Denver District…
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Bennet challenger Joe O’Dea wins endorsement from Denver police union
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea has been endorsed by the largest local police union in Colorado, his campaign said Tuesday. The Denver Police Protective Association said the union’s more than 1,400 members can count on O’Dea, the son of a Denver police officer and owner of a construction company, to stand with them to…
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Little progress made in King Soopers strike negotiations, officials say
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Both the Kroger Co. and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 continued to badmouth the other side Monday as the King Soopers strike stretched into a sixth day, but at least they were still talking at the negotiating table. About 8,400 union workers walked out of 77 metro Denver area King Soopers and City…
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10th Circuit tosses Denver sheriff union’s lawsuit against city over dues
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Denver’s sheriff does not have the final say over payroll, meaning the union representing sheriff’s deputies could not hold the city liable for his refusal to deduct campaign-related dues from members’ paychecks, the federal appeals court based in Colorado ruled on Thursday. The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 27 decided to impose a $50 assessment on…
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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…
