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2023 Denver Municipal Endorsements

The Denver Area Labor Federation (DALF) represents over 60,000 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.

 

AS OF FEBRUARY 23 2023, THE DENVER AREA LABOR FEDERATION HAS ENDORSED THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES:

 

City Council District 2: Kevin Flynn

City Council District 3: Jamie Torres

City Council District 4: Tony Pigford

City Council District 5: Amanda Sawyer

City Council District 6: Paul Kashmann

City Council District 7: Flor Alvidrez

City Council District 10: Christopher Hinds

City Council District 11: Stacie Gilmore

City Council At-Large: Sarah Parady and Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez

Auditor: Timothy O’Brien

Clerk and Recorder: Paul López

 

2023 Denver Municipal Endorsements

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement

19 Apr, 2022

Liz Shuler is the first woman ever elected president of the AFL-CIO.

She took over a time when the world of work has been turned upside down.

Union organizing is happening in some unexpected places, and sometimes in ways that disrupt the traditional union playbook.

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AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement
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Homecoming for Liz Shuler

04 Apr, 2022

LABOR PRESS: You’ve been given such a huge responsibility now, with the death of your friend Rich Trumka [In August she was appointed to serve the remainder of his term.] But the entire time you’ve been involved, labor has been struggling to come back. Do you have a secret plan?

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Homecoming for Liz Shuler
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We're Not Slowing Down: The Labor Movement Must Keep Up The Fight For Voting Rights

11 Feb, 2022

It was deeply disappointing that just days after our nation paid homage to the great civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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We're Not Slowing Down: The Labor Movement Must Keep Up The Fight For Voting Rights
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U.S. Labor Movement's Next Frontier is the Tech Industry, AFL-CIO's Shuler Says

13 Dec, 2021

The U.S. tech sector is the next frontier for labor organizing, and its workers are starting to understand the collective power unions have, President of the AFL-CIO Liz Shuler said on Friday at the Reuters Next Conference.

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U.S. Labor Movement's Next Frontier is the Tech Industry, AFL-CIO's Shuler Says
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Meet the Woman on the Brink of Transforming Labor in America for the Young and Reshuffling Workforce

02 Dec, 2021

When Liz Shuler rides on an airplane, she often has an experience that will be familiar to most travelers: Her seat mate asks, "What do you do?"

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Meet the Woman on the Brink of Transforming Labor in America for the Young and Reshuffling Workforce
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Strikes Are Sweeping the Labor Market as Workers Wield New Leverage

18 Oct, 2021

Marcial Reyes could have just quit his job. Frustrated with chronic understaffing at the Kaiser Permanente hospital where he works in Southern California, he knows he has options in a region desperate for nurses.

Instead, he voted to go on strike.

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Strikes Are Sweeping the Labor Market as Workers Wield New Leverage
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Labor Flexes Its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers

18 Oct, 2021

And many of them are either hitting the picket lines or quitting their jobs as a result.

The changing dynamics of the US labor market, which has put employees rather than employers in the driver's seat in a way not seen for decades, is allowing unions to flex their muscle.

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Labor Flexes Its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers