CO Workers United

We Make Colorado Happen  

We keep our children and families safe and healthy, our communities clean and welcoming, and ensure all Coloradans have access to government services. We’re proud of the work we do. Because public service isn’t just a job. It’s a calling. We help people get back on their feet. We maintain the infrastructure we all depend on every day.  

That’s why we’re coming together for respect: for a voice on the job and a seat at the table. Together, we can win strong public services and jobs — for stronger communities.  

Coloradoans have a voice on the job! 

Jefferson County Public Library workers just joined Adams County and Pueblo County in securing a voice on the job! We all now have a seat at the table and a voice to advocate for the issues that matter to us, whether that be better pay or benefits, job security, or safety at work. With our union, we now have the power to be a part of the decisions that impact our lives!! Join us in creating the change you want to see at your workplace today! 

Click here to learn more about how you can join us!

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Christopher Lovejoy, Adult Service Librarian, Jefferson County Public Library

“You can organize together and empower yourselves at the workplace.

Christine Catramados, Patron Experience Associate, Jefferson County Public Library

"We just won our union, and I would encourage all county workers to speak up for a union because you

Lisett Padilla, Child Welfare Caseworker, Pueblo County

“The staffing crisis has taken its toll on services and has made it difficult for us to do our jobs.

Rishell Hessing, Adoption Recruiter, Adams County

“Before we had collective bargaining rights, we had no say over how we can best deliver the services we provide.

Josette Jaramillo, Department of Human Services and Child Welfare, Pueblo County

“24 hours a day, seven days a week, pandemic or no pandemic, we are in foster homes seeing our families, making sure the kids that we work with are safe.

Top News

Jefferson County Public Library workers are first to form union under Colorado’s collective bargaining law 

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. – Jefferson County Public Library workers made Colorado history last week by becoming the first group to organize a union under the state’s new collective bargaining law for county employees. The workers voted to form a union with AFSCME Council 18.   

Give county workers a seat at the table

We in Pueblo County, and all essential county workers in Colorado, need a protected voice at work so we can partner with management to solve the crucial issues plaguing our departments. This right already belongs to Colorado’s state workers and the majority of private sector workers, it only makes sense that Colorado’s county workers be afforded this same, basic freedom.

Lawmakers’ brewing labor battle, CPR News

Some legislative leaders want to give all local public worker unions the power to collectively bargain, but they're up against a lot of powerful opponents.
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