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November 2024 Election Endorsements

The Denver Area Labor Federation (DALF) represents over 80,000 working Coloradans, through over 114 affiliated unions. Our membership is diverse and includes everyone from teachers, firefighters, and home care workers to electricians and aerospace workers.  We come together as the Denver Area Labor Federation because we believe in one simple idea: when working people stand together, we can create positive changes for everyone.

DALF votes to endorse candidates based on how they will impact not only our unions, but all working people in the Denver Area. We carefully consider how each candidate will help us fight for a more equal and secure economy where working people can build power, ensure economic justice for themselves and their families, and combat the influence of corporations and wealthy elites.

Voting is our chance as working people to support those who support us.  Who you vote for is your personal decision, but we hope that you will take DALF’s endorsements into consideration as you fill out your ballot. To find the Colorado AFL-CIO's endorsements, please visit: https://coaflcio.org/2024-endorsements.

 

 

AS OF July 1st, 2024, THE DENVER AREA LABOR FEDERATION HAS ENDORSED THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES:

ADAMS COUNTY

County Commissioner District 1: Julie Duran Mullica

County Commissioner District 2: Kathy Henson

County Commissioner District 5: Lynn Baca

ARAPAHOE COUNTY

County Commissioner District 1:  Carrie Warren-Gully

County Commissioner District 3: Scott Brown

County Commissioner District 5: Rhonda Fields

DOUGLAS COUNTY

County Commissioner District 2: Angela Thomas

JEFFERSON COUNTY

County Commissioner District 2: Andy Kerr

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

Judicial District 02 (Denver): John Walsh

Judicial District 17 (Adams/Broomfield): Brian Mason

Judicial District 18 (Arapahoe/Douglas/Elbert/Lincoln): Amy Padden

BALLOT INITIATIVES - SUPPORT

Denver Ballot Issue 2Q - Denver Health Funding

Denver Ballot Issue 2R - Affordable Housing

Denver Referred Question 2U - City Worker Collective Bargaining

Denver Referred Question 2V - Firefighter Collective Bargaining

(Multiple Counties) RTD Ballot Issue 7A - RTD Funding

 

BALLOT INITIATIVES - OPPOSE

Denver Initiated Ordinance 309 - Slaughterhouse Ban

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 2024 Election Endorsements

The Pandemic Accelerated Job Automation and Black and Latino Workers Are Most Likely To Be Replaced

"When technology comes into a union worksite, we're able to negotiate to get a fair share of the increased productivity and make sure it's healthy and safe — it's called bargaining acquiescence. We bargain to get a fair share for workers.

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November 2024 Election Endorsements

AFL-CIO Signals Support to Nix Senate Filibuster

AFL-CIO on Thursday called for the Senate to abolish the filibuster if it prevents Democrats from moving forward with a pro-worker agenda. “For decades, working people have paid the price for corporate-first government,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

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November 2024 Election Endorsements

House Democrats Pass Bill That Would Protect Worker Organizing Efforts

"The PRO Act would protect and empower workers to exercise our freedom to organize a bargain," Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO, told NPR in a recent interview. "It's a game changer.

Read More > House Democrats Pass Bill That Would Protect Worker Organizing Efforts
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November 2024 Election Endorsements

After Two Presidents Failed, Can Biden Actually Get Infrastructure Done?

“We’re at a crossroads. Inaction will only worsen the suffering that working people have weathered over the past year,” said Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO.

Read More > After Two Presidents Failed, Can Biden Actually Get Infrastructure Done?
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November 2024 Election Endorsements

Inside Joe Biden's Decision to Dive into the Amazon Union Drive

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is using the president’s new message to advocate for the swift passage of Democrats’ Protecting the Right to Organize Act. If passed, the measure would be the first bill to overhaul labor rights since the Taft-Hartley amendments of 1947 to the National Labor Relations Act, which outlawed some organizing tactics and allowed states to enact right-to-work laws. The new bill, among other things, would extend collective bargaining rights to gig workers, overturn state right to work laws, and allow the federal labor board to levy penalties against companies who violate federal labor law. Biden, Trumka wrote in a Monday statement, “has proven he’s willing to speak out and stand with us. Now it’s time to follow words with action.”

Read the full article in Politico.

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