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Business

As VP Harris meets with Las Vegas hospitality workers, there's still work to do

Yvette Fernandez

Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to appear in Las Vegas Wednesday with union members who recently signed a "historic" contract with three major casinos.

Sarah Fotis, assistant bakery manager at the King Soopers in Denver's Capitol Hill neighborhood, on the first day of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local Seven strike. Fotis said she was picketing for people like her cake decorator co-worker Regina, who has been with King Soopers for more than 30 years but low wages combined with family tragedy and illness have prevented her from retiring. "I'm out here fighting for people like that," Fotis said.

News

Grocery workers, ski patrollers fuel a growing labor movement in the Mountain West

Robyn Vincent

The King Soopers strike is emblematic of a broader labor movement sweeping the country, and parts of the Mountain West, as workers walk out for better pay and benefits or unionize to harness their collective power.

Diesel fuel cars at a trainyard in Morrill.

Open Spaces

More Pressure Comes To MSHA Over COVID-19 Response

Cooper McKim

The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a report recommending changes to the agency responsible for keeping mines…

Natural Resources & Energy

Infrastructure Workers Nervous Safety Guidelines Fall Short Amidst COVID-19

Cooper McKim

A long-time coal miner in the Powder River Basin said he worries his employer is not taking the risks of COVID-19 seriously despite instituting safety…