CWA Members Party for a Purpose in Denver

On Tuesday, CWA Local 7777 members and retirees, labor leaders, community partners, legislators, and other supporters held a community block party in Denver, Colo., to promote a pro-worker 2026 ballot initiative (Initiative 43), which would make Colorado the second “just-cause employment” state in the country. If approved by voters, private employers will be prohibited from firing workers without proving substandard performance, policy violations, or economic circumstances impacting the employer. The coalition, Colorado Worker Rights United, planned the event and is composed of nearly 80 labor unions, community organizations, and small businesses.

Worker activists also used the event to call on Governor Jared Polis to sign into law the Worker Protection Act (SB25-005), a bill to remove the added burden of a second election to negotiate a union security clause in the collective bargaining process. Polis has indicated he would not sign the bill.

Workers and allies ate a picnic lunch, enjoyed live blues-rock music, and encouraged thousands of workers and community members to make phone calls, write postcards, attend rallies, and engage collectively to improve the lives of working families in Colorado.

CWA members joined nearly 80 labor unions, community organizations, and small businesses to promote a pro-worker ballot initiative in support of legislation to ease the formation of unions in Colorado. Pictured, left to right: CWA Independent Driver Union (CIDU) Organizer and rideshare driver Elliot Awatt, Executive Director of Towards Justice and candidate for Colorado Attorney General David Seligman, CWA Legislative and Political State Coordinator Sandra Murray, and CIDU drivers Cliff Smedley and Steve Lustig.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.