Last week, Legislative Workers of Denver received voluntary recognition by Denver City Council and Denver Mayor Johnston. Legislative Workers of Denver is represented by the Denver Newspaper Guild, a local of The NewsGuild-CWA.
Legislative Workers of Denver is a collective group of part-time and full-time staff who provide specialized, professional-level work to support Denver’s 13 elected city council members.
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I’m heading to Pittsburgh next week for our strikers’ day in court. After 28 months on strike the National Labor Relations Board is pushing for an injunction against the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for violating U.S. labor law. Our case will be heard on Wednesday afternoon in the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals after winding through the NLRB’s process.
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The staff at Denver-based anti-hunger nonprofit, Metro Caring, won a landslide 15-2 union victory in their election last week. The win comes after a supermajority of workers signed union authorization cards last year and requested voluntary recognition from management.
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The U.S. Senate has a chance to pass the bi-partisan PRESS Act, a bill that would protect journalists and sources from government overreach. The legislation would create protections that already exist in almost every U.S. state. It would protect against future administrations intimidating whistleblowers and journalists and increase protections already provided in the First Amendment.
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A supermajority of eligible staff at Metro Caring, a Denver-based anti-hunger nonprofit, formed a union and sought voluntary recognition last week. Workers are organizing with the Denver Newspaper Guild, TNG-CWA Local 37074.
A supermajority of workers signed union authorization cards, forming Metro Caring Workers United, and asked nonprofit management for voluntary recognition by December 12.
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Denver, CO — After more than a year of bargaining, the Denver Urban Gardens Workers United (DUGWU) ratified a first contract with management at Denver Urban Gardens (DUG).
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