The state’s prisons unconstitutionally coerced prison labor by levying severe punishments — including solitary confinement — against prisoners who refused to work, Denver District Court Judge ...

A Denver judge last week ruled the Colorado Department of Corrections violated the state’s ban on involuntary servitude ...

A Denver judge ruled that the Colorado Department of Corrections has been violating an amendment to the state constitution by requiring people in state prisons to work under threat of solitary ...

Despite Colorado’s law being positioned as a ‘compromise,’ the Labor Peace Act actually plays out more like the famously anti ...

Colorado labor unions launched a new coalition Thursday to argue that the transition away from fossil fuels should be powered not just by renewable energy, but by union jobs. Colorado’s AFL-CIO, an ...

Less than a year after Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill to overhaul Colorado's law governing unionization, a House committee ...

Reduced migration to the state, especially international migration, appears to have reduced the number of working-age adults in Colorado.

After months of negotiations, business, labor and Gov. Jared Polis failed to reach a compromise on a bill seeking changes to Colorado's 80-year-old law that governs a key requirement before unions can ...

Recent employment data highlights the labor challenge. In the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro area, construction payrolls fell by about 4,700 jobs year over year, one of the largest declines among U.S.

Colorado’s unemployment rate continued on its downward trend after peaking at 4.8% in May 2025. The state recorded a 3.9% unemployment rate in November, according to estimates from the Colorado ...