Unions - The Durango Herald

Purgatory ski patrol to begin wage negotiations with resort after unionizing

Patrollers advocate for livable pay, better gear stipends

DATE: Aug 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

County employees would be able to collectively bargain – but not strike – under new measure

Republicans expected to fight the pared-back public workers unionization bill

DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hospital physicians seek to unionize amid pandemic turmoil

SANTA FE – Physicians at Rehoboth McKinley Christian hospital in Gallup have taken the first major step toward unionizing to pursue collective bargaining on employment provisions, hospital s...

DATE: Aug 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Ski patrollers at Breckenridge vote 43-42 to unionize

Increasing cost of living coupled with stagnant wages has buoyed efforts for unionization

DATE: May 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bill would grant union rights, state minimum wage for Colorado agriculture workers

DATE: Mar 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Colorado workers protest COVID-19 fine issued to meat plant

DENVER – A union representing workers at a Colorado meatpacking plant where six workers died of COVID-19 and hundreds more were infected staged a protest Wednesday, claiming that federal off...

DATE: Sep 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico art collective seeks union, management resists

SANTA FE – Workers at a New Mexico art collective are seeking to unionize, they said in a statement. Employees at the Santa Fe-based art collective Meow Wolf are seeking to unioni...

DATE: Sep 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Colorado could be next state to let its employees collectively bargain

For years, Colorado state workers have sought the right to collectively bargain. It looks like Democratic lawmakers could make that happen this legislative session â€“ if Gov. Jared Polis go...

DATE: Apr 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

San Juan OKs measure on employee rights on union dues, fees

AZTEC, N.M. – San Juan County is the latest New Mexico county to approve a ordinance giving private-sector employees in unincorporated areas the right to choose whether to pay union dues or ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Scott Walker plans to bar unions on a federal level

MADISON, Wis. – Republican presidential contender Scott Walker is hoping to pull his campaign off the mat by taking on unions – a familiar foe for the Wisconsin governor – in a sweeping plan...

DATE: Sep 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colo. Senate supports firefighter union rights

DENVER – The Legislature has approved unionization rights for firefighters, setting up a possible veto by Gov. John Hickenlooper. Senate Bill 25 allows firefighters to form a unio...

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News