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Colorado Network publications

• Making the Invisible Visible: A Year of COVID

  • March 16, 2021
  • Bell Policy Center
  • Tyler Jaeckel

  The COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted much of life as we know it and it also has preyed upon the worst of our pre-existing conditions. A year of COVID and its […]

  COVID19

• What 2020 Revealed For Women (And How Recovery Can Happen)

  • March 9, 2021
  • Kathy White

  Overall, the pandemic economy has not been kind to women, particularly women of color. Since March 2020, women have lost 5.4 million net jobs, nearly 1 million more than men. […]

  Care Economy COVID19 Jobs Paid Sick, Family, and Medical Leave Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

• Why A $15 Federal Minimum Wage Will Help Colorado Workers

  • March 4, 2021
  • Colorado Fiscal Institute
  • Chris Stiffler

  Highlights Even though Colorado voters have approved a minimum wage in excess of the Federal wage, the current $15 per hour plan to gradually increase the federal minimum wage would […]

  Minimum Wage Wages

• A Matter of Justice: The Cost Savings of Universal Immigrant Legal Representation

  • February 18, 2021
  • Colorado Fiscal Institute

  Due process—the right to fair and equal treatment under the law—is one of the most fundamental values of the US legal system. Unfortunately, immigration proceedings are one area of that […]

  Immigration

• State of Working Colorado (2020)

  • January 4, 2021
  • Colorado Center on Law and Policy
  • Charlie Brennan and Lauren Contorno

  The State of Working Colorado is a compendium of data intended to provide a more critical, in-depth perspective of how working families are faring in our state. This is the […]

• The State of Low-Wage Employment in Colorado

  • August 30, 2019
  • Colorado Fiscal Institute
  • Chris Stiffler

  While Colorado’s economy has grown at a brisk pace since the Great Recession and hundreds of thousands of new jobs have been created, a significant amount of jobs in the […]

  Jobs Minimum Wage Wages

• Collective bargaining can reduce turnover and improve public services in Colorado

  • April 9, 2019
  • Rich Jones

  Since 2009, there has been a growing problem in Colorado with increasing employee turnover, programs operating with short staffing forcing employees to work extensive overtime, and low morale that jeopardizes […]

  Public Services and Employment Unions and Worker Power Wages Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

• State of Working Colorado 2018

  • January 14, 2019
  • Colorado Center on Law and Policy
  • Michelle Webster & Claire Sheridan

  At a cursory glance, Colorado has much to celebrate in terms of low unemployment and poverty levels, but scratching the surface of the data reveals troubling trends fraught with wage […]

  Income Inequality Jobs State of Working X Unions and Worker Power Wages Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

• Modernizing Overtime Rules in Colorado

  • May 1, 2018
  • Bell Policy Center
  • Samantha Saccomanno and Rich Jones

  Workers should be paid for the hours they work. However, many salaried workers who work overtime miss out on valuable compensation when those hours are unpaid. Changing current overtime rules […]

  Overtime Wages

• Wages for American workers are ticking upward, but the US remains one of the world’s most inequitable nations

  • February 9, 2018
  • Colorado Center on Law and Policy
  • Jason Margolis - PRI

  From PRI: Last week it was reported that average hourly wages of American workers grew 2.9 percent over the past 12 months. It’s a good sign, but American workers still […]

  Jobs Minimum Wage Wages