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    News Article ● Labor Unionization Unions

    Denver library staff fight to unionize amid budget cuts

    September 29, 2025 // Many library workers on Wednesday said library staffers are burning out from huge workloads, including caring for homeless or immigrant patrons. “A lot of people know that a lot of library staff are not fairly compensated,” said Jeremey Bongers, an activities coordinator at the library. “There's a lot of the work that people are doing in the vein of social work that is not recognized.”

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    News Article ● Unionization Unions

    Polis, Democratic lawmakers and local governments are all squaring off over public bargaining rights

    February 20, 2022 // Today, only 15 of Colorado’s 272 municipalities have collectively bargained agreements with any part of their workforce, and almost all of those contracts are with police and firefighters. Just about a quarter of school districts have collective bargaining, too.

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