Brandon Richard is a reporter for Denver7 in Denver, Colorado.
Hundreds of workers and union activists gathered at the Colorado state capitol on Tuesday to call for changes to the state’s labor laws, which they call outdated and unfair.Colorado Worker Rights United, a new coalition of workers and labor activists, joined a group of progressive state lawmakers who plan to introduce the Worker Protection Act . Supporters say the proposal will expand worker rights in Colorado.
Sophie Mariam, a labor policy analyst with the Colorado Fiscal Institute, said laws that make it harder for unions to form and operate end up hurting everyone.“For too long, we've seen an attack on labor unions and workers,” said Mariam. “Anti-union laws like Colorado's lower job quality and wages for all workers, and there's zero evidence – zero – that they create more jobs.
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