Pamela Reséndiz Trujano

Denver City Council Passes Measure To Protect Against Wage Theft

January 10, 2023 / Shannon Young

Denver’s City Council unanimously passed a new measure last night to increase worker protections against wage theft. News Director Shannon Young got the details from Pamela Reséndiz Trujano, Executive Director of Colorado Jobs with Justice. Listen: (Download Audio)

Lawsuit Challenges Delays To Expanded Labor Protections For Agriculture Workers

March 31, 2022 / Shannon Young

Today is Cesar Chavez Day – which commemorates the life and work of the agriculture worker organizer for whom the holiday is named. It’s also time to reflect on labor protections yet to be won. Last legislative session, Colorado lawmakers […]

The April selection for the Radio Bookclub is Go As A River by Colorado author Shelley Read.

This novel introduces readers to Victoria Nash who is just a teenager in the 1940s, but she runs the household on her family’s peach farm in the ranch town of Iola, Colorado.

She is the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men.

Her life changes forever when she meets Wilson Moon, a young drifter, displaced from his tribal land in the Four Corners region.

Victoria must navigate love and loss while her home town drowns under the rising waters of the Gunnison River.

The Radio Bookclub is a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore and is broadcast on the 4th Thursday of every month at 9am. The entire series, including Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub, is available as a podcast.

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