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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

House Democrats Pass Bill That Would Protect Worker Organizing Efforts

09 Mar, 2021

"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
House Democrats Pass Bill That Would Protect Worker Organizing Efforts
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After Two Presidents Failed, Can Biden Actually Get Infrastructure Done?

04 Mar, 2021

“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?
After Two Presidents Failed, Can Biden Actually Get Infrastructure Done?
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Inside Joe Biden's Decision to Dive into the Amazon Union Drive

01 Mar, 2021

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.

Read More > Inside Joe Biden's Decision to Dive into the Amazon Union Drive
Inside Joe Biden's Decision to Dive into the Amazon Union Drive
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Biden Backs Amazon Warehouse Workers' Union Drive

01 Mar, 2021

Stuart Appelbaum, president of the RWDSU, thanked Biden for his support of the organizing drive. He said in statement, "As President Biden points out, the best way for working people to protect themselves and their families is by organizing into unions.

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Biden Backs Amazon Warehouse Workers' Union Drive
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USW Member, Single Mom Finishes College Degree With Help From Union Plus

11 Feb, 2021

United Steelworkers (USW) member Jessica Hartung has a lot on her shoulders, but her load has been lightened by one thing in particular—her debt-free college degree. “I’m a single mom, with an autistic son.

Read More > USW Member, Single Mom Finishes College Degree With Help From Union Plus
USW Member, Single Mom Finishes College Degree With Help From Union Plus