Safeway/Albertsons strike over
The 23,000 member United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union Local 7 called off their strike against Safeway and Albertsons […]
Worker advocacy
Striking Safeway workers at 29 Road & Patterson store welcome people to join them on the picket line to show support & solidarity
UPDATE: June 22, 2025, 6:30 p.m. – Employees at the Horizon Drive Safeway started striking today. Safeway employees are asking
D-51 School Board shuts many teachers out of their 5/20/25 Board meeting
Teachers of Mesa Valley School District #51 huddled around a laptop computer perched on boxes outside the School Board meeting
The next Day of Action: May Day, May 1
The next event to protest Trump and Musk’s cruel, slash-and-burn authoritarian regime and put front and center the plight of
Mesa Valley Education Association asks for community support at negotiations for teacher pay, smaller class sizes & safer schools
A rally will be held today, Friday, April 25, at 5:30 p.m. outside the main doors to R-5 High School’s
Next protest: a 24-hour “economic blackout” Feb. 28 to highlight workers’ economic strife
Re-posting this article, previously posted on 2/19/25, as a reminder of the next protest. The People’s Union, a grassroots organization
Group organizing a national labor strike
A decentralized group, GeneralStrike.us, is organizing a generalized national labor strike in the U.S. in an effort to force significant
Red Rock wins wage theft case
In a “David vs. Goliath” case, Derek Paiz, a former detailer for Red Rock GMC, lost his pro se wage
Red Rock Auto wage theft lawsuit headed for trial Dec. 9-11
A civil wage theft lawsuit, 23CV52 (pdf), filed by a tenacious former vehicle detailer against Red Rock Auto Group II,
SNAP participants: New program adds $60/month to SNAP benefits for fresh fruits and vegetables
Updated with additional information on 9/2/24 @ 9:57 a.m.- Thanks to a grant from the Biden administration’s U.S. Department of
Former CMU Professor Tom Acker to run against Cody Davis for County Commissioner
A Democrat has joined the race against Cody Davis for Mesa County Commissioner. Tom Acker is currently the only Democrat
Local Postal workers warn of changes coming that will further slow mail delivery
Local Postal Service workers shared a memo distributed to employees at the Burkey Street Sorting Facility on January 10 that
Why are the Mesa County Commissioners sending taxpayer money out of town?
The Mesa County Commissioners recently had the roof replaced on the Old Courthouse at 544 Rood Ave. They gave the
Instructor salaries at CMU remarkably low compared to state and nation
Colorado Mesa University (CMU) has been advertising for a tenure-track assistant nursing professor for its Montrose campus. The position requires
It’s a bad time to go to the Main Post Office
If you’re thinking about heading to the downtown Grand Junction Post Office, you might want to think again. If you
Ethics, Harassment, Safety, Security, Worker advocacy
Basalt Post Office employee attacked by co-worker
A frightened employee in the Basalt, Colorado Post Office managed to video the last minute of a vicious assault she
7th Street Deli saved by Tim Foster
The 7th-Street Deli has been saved! The deli was threatened with eviction in mid-January for non-payment of back rent. The
How Trump’s sabotage of the Post Office is playing out locally
In May of 2020, President Trump appointed Louis DeJoy, a Trump mega-donor with no postal experience as Postmaster General of