We are pleased to announce an endorsement from United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7. UFCW Local 7 represents hard working laborers in colorado Supermarkets, Packing Houses, Food Processing Plants, Barbers, Cosmetologists, and Healthcare facilities with a membership of 30,000.

UFCW Local 7 has fought hard against the management of the Greeley JBS meatpacking plant whose negligence has thus far resulted in 280 cases of Coranivirus and 8 tragic deaths. The union just recently won a victory in their fight by securing a wage increase for JBS Workers. 

Ken Buck watched the in-district outbreak at JBS unfold and to this date has said made no comments on the horrific conditions at the factory.  

Colorado Politics- Weiser joins states in asking for injunction against Postal Service changes

Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined 13 other states in filing a federal request for an injunction against the Trump Administration, seeking to prevent the U.S. Postal Service from making disruptive policy changes before the November election.

“We are fighting for an enforceable court order that ensures that the harm that has already occurred is corrected and prevents the Postmaster General from playing games with the mail service in the future,” Weiser said in a statement.

 

Colorado Sun- Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to hold up blue book printing over Gallagher Amendment language

A Denver District Court judge on Friday morning dismissed a lawsuit attempting to delay printing of the state-issued voter guide because of changes state lawmakers made to language describing the question on the November ballot seeking to repeal the Gallagher Amendment.

Judge Martin F. Egelhoff declined to issue a temporary restraining order that would have prevented the so-called blue book from heading to press.

 

Greeley Tribune- New $32M fund to help Colorado schools, colleges address COVID-19 impacts

Colorado public schools and universities can apply for financial help from a newly launched $32 million fund created by Gov. Jared Polis that’s intended to support learning institutions and students hit hardest by COVID-19.

“What this $32 million is designed to do is to go to the areas most impacted, because in many ways, COVID-19 accentuated the already existing achievement gap that falls along income, race and geography,” Polis said in an interview Wednesday.

Greeley Tribune- UNC Outdoor Pursuits offers community organizations ways to connect during COVID-19

With COVID-19 requiring social distancing and causing workplaces and schools to function through virtual platforms, people are craving connection with others now more than ever.

The University of Northern Colorado’s Outdoor Pursuits is helping those experiencing isolation from the lack of in-person relationships regain some of those connections through programs like its ropes course.
 

Parker Chronicle- Douglas County School District superintendent resigns

Douglas County Superintendent Thomas Tucker resigned Tuesday evening. 

Tucker cited personal matters as the driving force behind his resignation during an emotional emergency meeting, which he called with school board directors. Tucker’s family still lives in Ohio, he said, and his mother is battling serious health complications.

“It has been my pleasure, my distinct pleasure, to work with the board and school staff and serve the students and parents of Douglas County,” Tucker said. “I am proud to serve as your superintendent.”