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Action Alerts
Join us in Pueblo for A Families First Day of Action!
Join us on July 26th at 6pm for a national mobilization to defend care, safety, education, and dignity for all families.
Parents, workers, immigrants, patients, and community leaders are marching, rallying, and speaking out against a wave of coordinated attacks threatening our healthcare, our livelihoods, and our democracy.
We’re not just showing up to protest cuts—we’re coming together to expose the deeper crisis: a political and corporate machine that’s trying to divide us, silence us, and bleed public systems dry. We’re fighting back with clarity, courage, and collective power.
WHEN: Saturday July 26th at 6PM
WHERE: 900 W. Orman Ave. Pueblo CO 81004
Celebrating our Interns from Colorado College!
This month, our team of interns from Colorado College, in partnership with CO Jobs with Justice, completed their time at Local 105 in our inaugural Union Summer Internship Program! We’re proud to have had these students entrenched in every organizing department within our local and see the future of our movement growing in real time. We’re excited for their future and the future of this program!
Know Your Rights!
We all have rights, in and out of the workplace. Now more than ever it’s important to know the rights we all have in order to be as equipped as possible in any moment.
We created a page on our website with a list of know-your-rights resources surrounding immigration and will be updating them frequently.
Unions in the News
Colorado Healthcare Workers Are Fighting to Protect our Communities from Federal Cuts!
SEIU Local 105 KP Workers joined hundreds of other workers in D.C. to make our voices heard about the dangers of these Medicaid Cuts. Check out the story below that includes our own Jennifer Woods!
Social Media Shares of the Month!
Political Updates
Want to learn more about how to get involved in our union political program? Get an introduction to our Committee On Political Education (COPE), the best way to get involved and make political change in your community Meeting info.3rd Saturday of the month 11AM – 12PM
Internal Healthcare Updates
Our fight isn’t over.
We’re ready to keep pushing forward—for fairness, for transparency, and for the respect we deserve.
- We are committed to reaching the highest possible PSP payout in 2025 as negotiated in our contract. Click here to read the PSP Toolkit to ensure we meet all of our future goals.
- We will continue holding Kaiser accountable to ensure that PSP data is transparent, timely, and accurate.
- We will not let reporting and transparency failures impact what we earn in the future.
If you have any questions, please reach out to your stewards or email healthcare@seiu105.org.
Recently, President Trump fired the head of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Jennifer Abruzzo. The NLRB is appointed by the president to act as a fair and unbiased monitor of both unions and companies. Trump’s actions speak to an attempt to dismantle structures that have protected working people’s rights for decades. Please use the button below to sign a petition condemning his actions:
Here’s why the NLRB is so important. In 2023, during contract bargaining, the management of WellPower committed several unfair labor practices (ULP) prompting your union to file ULP charges that the NLRB reviewed and ruled in our favor.
The company will now be required not to commit those or other ULPs, they will have to do a training for all managers on the rights of workers to organize their union, and they will be required to post the below notice.
Act now to ensure that we continue to have a body to seek justice and fairness in the workplace. Sign the petition condemning the firing of the head of the NLRB.
Dylan Small, a nurse at PPRM was recently interviewed by More Perfect Union about the Worker Protection Act and the need to modernize Colorado Labor Laws!
Check out the full video below and be sure to share Dylan’s story on social media!
Our bargaining with management has begun!
The bargaining team presented our entire package proposal to management and fielded the few initial questions they had. Management presented three additional proposals and were appreciative of the work we put into our package. Going into bargaining with an agency-wide 3% COLA raise, our first COLA raise since 2022, is a positive first step towards fair wages for all of us – and we will continue to fight for more!
The atmosphere of the room was empowering for your bargaining team. We felt the power of worker solidarity at the table. Management received the feedback we all provided in our bargaining surveys (safety/protections for workers and clients, wages, benefits, scheduling, job security, and more). We were able to compel management to hear us out on the issues that are important to all.
Be on the lookout for updates surrounding our package proposal and counter-proposals management will have for us.
Be sure to fill out this survey to find out other ways you can be involved in advocating for your colleagues and clients, and improving our workplace.
Internal Property Services Updates
We all have rights, in and out of the workplace. Now more than ever it’s important to know the rights we all have in order to be as equipped as possible in any moment.
We created a page on our website with a list of know-your-rights resources surrounding immigration and will be updating them frequently.
Last year, System 1, one of the cleaning companies under our Master Contract signed our new agreement to let these janitors that we fought hard to WIN!
Now, System 1 is REFUSING to pay our janitors the wage increases that they previously agreed to.This is WRONG, and it is unfair to the janitors who have showed up every day and done the jobs outlined in their contract.
Please be on the lookout for future actions at this building, and stand with Denver’s hard working janitors in their fight for what was promised to them.
Internal Airport Updates
Last month, we delivered a delegation letter to Flik management demanding they address three major issues that Flik members have been facing.
First, we have seen repeated delays in processing vacation IRFs, leaving many of us uncertain about how much vacation time we have. Vacation time is not a privilege; it is a right we have earned in our contract, and the company’s failure to process requests promptly creates unnecessary stress on all of us.
Secondly, we highlighted the ongoing issue of job openings not being properly posted, which often prevents qualified employees from accessing opportunities for advancement. We believe that transparency in job postings is essential to ensuring fairness and growth at Flik.
Lastly, we are demanding a fundamental level of respect and dignity in the workplace. We work hard every day to keep the airport running, yet we continue to face treatment that does not reflect the dedication and professionalism we bring to our jobs.
We will not accept being ignored, disrespected, or treated as disposable. By standing united, we are showing Flik the power of our union!
Stay tuned for more updates!
This month, we stood united and delivered a letter to Metropolitan management demanding respect for our rights as workers and as a union.
We cannot ignore the way management’s
actions—or lack of action—have affected us, our colleagues, and our families.
We are demanding that management address the lack of communication with the members on the worksite, ignoring information requests, and the ongoing issues regarding communication and transparency.
By standing united we showed Metropolitan our collective strength as a union and we will not stop fighting until every worker that the airport is protected and respected!
Stay tuned for more updates and click here to read the letter we delivered to management!
External Healthcare Updates
Care Workers in Colorado are making history again and forming the State’s very first worker-owned Home Care Cooperative! Together, as care workers, we can decide how we work, how we’re treated, and how we provide care! No one knows care like we do and it’s time to transform the industry!
Share our post and if you know any care-workers who would be interested in joining the fight, please fill out the form below!
We are still bargaining with Management and we are demanding management restore our pre-merger employment benefits. We are citing laws to retain the status quo of our employment before we continue to bargain our contract.
Our internal union organizers had to reschedule our planned meet and greet so be on the lookout for a message with more information from Keith.
If you have any questions/concerns please reach out to any members from your bargaining team and/or the internal organizers.
External Property Services Updates
Our UNION STRONG security officers are continuing to build power in their fight for a union!
Every security officer in Colorado deserve a union, and we are fighting hard to make sure security officers everywhere are respected, protected, and paid!
Are you interested in helping our external organizing campaign with security officers across Denver? Security officers keep us safe at work and in our community every day, and we’re fighting hard to help them win with UNION POWER! If you’re interested, please let us know by using our organizing support sign-up form!
Members are working together to make sure more workers are the right of union at work! Are you interested in joining our organizing campaigns? Reach out to a steward and learn how you can support!
