Colorado AFL-CIO

06/03/2026

Polis protects system rigged against workers | Guest Column in Colorado Politics 6/3/2026 by Jeremy Ross, Secretary-Treasurer of the Colorado AFL-CIO

“The system is rigged against workers, and it has been this way for too long. These powerful interests have protected a Colorado-specific law requiring a second supermajority election for workers to form a strong union. The Worker Protection Act was designed to eliminate that unnecessary and difficult barrier.”

06/02/2026

Gov. Polis vetoed a bill designed to keep Colorado’s roads and communities safe while giving time to understand the impacts of autonomous commercial vehicles. This comes as congress is trying to stop states like Colorado from being able to regulate commercial vehicles - which is a huge problem for a state like Colorado that has challenging terrain.

06/02/2026

Happy Pride from America’s unions! We’re wishing the LGBTQIA+ community a joyful and safe Pride Month.

Unions are for everyone, and the labor movement will keep fighting to make sure everyone can be their true selves, on and off the job 🏳️‍🌈✊

05/30/2026

05/30/2026

Gov. Polis’ veto isn’t a surprise but it is disappointing. He chose the donor class over the working class.

05/29/2026

The Governor’s veto of the Worker Protection Act isn’t a surprise but it is disappointing. He chose the donor class over the working class.

05/29/2026

'Nuff said.

05/29/2026

Governor Polis again vetoes the Worker Protection Act proving once and for all who’s side he is on and it isn’t the working class in Colorado.

05/29/2026

Teamsters in Ft. Morgan are sticking together for a fair contract. The company has locked them out to try to strong arm them into accepting a bad deal. It isn’t going to work.