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Denver Fire Fighters Local 858 Sues State Union to Affirm Disaffiliation, Stop $400K Dues Demand
August 11, 2026 // Denver Fire Fighters Local 858, the union representing more than 1,000 Denver firefighters and EMS personnel, has filed a lawsuit alleging the statewide firefighters’ union refuses to recognize its disaffiliation from the state union and is demanding roughly $400,000 for dues the local union says it doesn’t owe. Local 858 had been affiliated with the state union, Colorado Professional Fire Fighters (CPFF), since the local’s founding in 1946. But in recent years, some Denver firefighters began questioning whether the state union was providing enough value to justify sending it almost $250,000 a year in dues.
Three Denver music venues are unionizing
July 21, 2026 // Scott Happel, co-owner and partner of the Federal (3830 Federal Blvd.), the Oriental (4335 W. 44th Ave.) and HQ Denver (60 S. Broadway), along with Carnivale De Sensuale and Berkeley Bodega, is considerably less confident. A statement provided to Westword notes in part that “the vote did pass at all three venues. Beyond that, I don’t really know anything, as the union has yet to reach out to start collective bargaining.” However, he adds that “overall, the venues cannot agree to anything that would be financially harmful.”
While NAEP scores hit 20-year lows, teachers’ unions were debating ethical veganism
July 16, 2026 // Recognizing ethical veganism as a protected philosophical belief; glyphosate has no place on student food and beverages; opposing merging US military operations, intelligence, and/or defense technology with those of any foreign military; comprehensive immigration reform; banning the use of AI in the decision-making process for the use of nuclear weapons; investigating fires for evidence of microwave energy attacks through the use of “direct energy weapons”; prohibiting weather modification to be injected into the stratosphere; calling for the impeachment of Trump before the November election, at a campaign cost of $5.2 million; and ending the war in Iran. For an entity that cloaks itself in sanctimony for defending the rights of teachers, it seems very much that the welfare of average union members might not be the C-suite’s top priority.
Brooke Shields stands behind unionizing workers of South Park creators’ restaurant
July 6, 2026 // Actors' Equity President Brooke Shields is supporting unionized workers at Casa Bonita, a Mexican restaurant owned by South Park creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Why Denver City Council aides want to form a union
June 24, 2026 // The City Council had not yet recognized the union as of Tuesday, Theresa Marchetta, a spokesperson for the Office of Human Resources, told us. Marchetta said the council doesn't have legal authority to certify the bargaining unit, a step that must be completed by the American Arbitration Association.
JBS faces another US strike
April 28, 2026 // The dispute comes after JBS reached a separate wage agreement with workers in Greeley, Colorado earlier this month, which included base wage increases and one-time bonuses but no retroactive pay. Under that deal, base wages will rise by $0.70 at ratification, followed by $0.40 in July this year and $0.40 in July 2027. The agreement includes no provision for retroactive pay.
Union workers at Denver meat processing plant vote to authorize strike
April 26, 2026 // The union said 97% of union members at Denver Processing voted to authorize the strike, meaning they are prepared to walk off the job if they aren't able to reach a contract agreement with the company. The dates of a potential strike have not yet been determined.
Four Colorado Safeway Workers Slam UFCW Union Officials With More Federal Charges for Illegal Strike Fines
February 24, 2026 // after the workers validly resigned their union membership in June 2025, union officials informed the workers around January 9, 2026 that they would be subject to “internal union charges…for, among other things, crossing the picket line while being a union member.”
Denver Public Library workers move to unionize in 2026
January 5, 2026 // The action came just a day after a new law took effect, allowing thousands of city employees to join unions and engage in collective bargaining.
Promotoras protest Re:Vision’s treatment of unionized workers
November 29, 2025 // DENVER — “¡Sí, se puede! ¡Sí, se puede!” More than 50 people chanted the phrase — which means “yes, it can be done” in Spanish — outside the Denver nonprofit Re:Vision Tuesday morning. The crowd gathered in the cold to listen to current and former Re:Vision employees and union organizers speak about the leadership of Re:Vision’s executive director Mariana del Hierro. Re:Vision is a food equity nonprofit in Westwood, a predominantly Latino and immigrant community.