Gather around the KGNU kitchen table with Radio Nibbles host John Lehndorff and chef Daniel Asher of Boulder’s AshKara and River & Woods. Their guests this week are chef Paolo Neville at 95A Bistro in Lafayette and cacao expert Michael […]
HelloFresh Workers In Aurora Rally In Support Of Unionization
HelloFresh workers in Aurora are seeking to form a union at the factory where they assemble prepared food boxes for home delivery. Business at the German-owned company has boomed since the start of the pandemic, but workers at the Aurora […]
Morning Magazine Podcast – Wednesday, July 28, 2021
We’ll hear about a new, tentative contract Denver area juniors are celebrating as historic. Then, we’ll speak to a Colorado Sun reporter about what constitutes a livable wage in Colorado followed by the latest in a series on the housing […]
What Constitutes a Living Wage in Colorado?
Many in Colorado can agree that the cost of living is outpacing adjustments in pay. But when it comes down to defining just what constitutes a living wage, opinions are split. KGNU’s Shannon Young spoke with Tamara Chuang, Tech, Business […]
Efforts to Enact a Living Wage in Longmont
Efforts are currently underway to have the city of Longmont commit to paying city workers a living wage. The Denver City Council recently unanimously approved a proposal to raise the minimum wage for city workers to $15.00 an hour. Peggy […]
Minimum Wage Ballot Measure Debate
Jim Banks moderates a debate on Amendment 70 which would increase the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020. Patty Kupfer, the campaign manager of Colorado Families for a Fair Wage speaks in favor of the measure and […]
Many Coloradoans trapped in low income jobs
“We have 22% of jobs in Colorado are poverty level jobs, low wage jobs, paying $24,000 a year or less.” The Corporation for Corporate Enterprise Development has just released its 2016 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard, looking at different states and […]
Self-Sufficiency 2016
“A living wage is more a statement of the values of the City of Boulder when it contracts out services, that it will expect its contractors to pay a living wage, to pay a decent amount.” Self-Sufficiency 2016 is a coalition […]