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Denver Art Museum workers vote to form a union, a first for an art museum in Colorado
Workers at the Denver Art Museum (DAM) voted to form a union on Thursday (7 March), making the institution the first unionised art museum in the state of Colorado as more cultural workers across the country organise in a trend that has accelerated since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Some 67% of workers at the DAM voted to unionise under the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees-Cultural Workers United Council 18 (AFSCME Council 18), which is made up of workers in New Mexio and Colorado. The employees, who named themselves Denver Art Museum Workers United (DAMWU), said in a statement that they won the election by a 120 to 59 vote, despite an “intense anti-union campaign” on the part of the museum’s upper management. AFSCME filed more than 12 unfair labour practice charges against the museum on behalf of unit members as a result, the union said.
“Our wall-to-wall union recognises the importance of all of us in making the museum a place where art connects, inspires and empowers,” Kit Bernal, a curatorial assistant at the museum and union member, said in a statement. “I am so honoured to get to work with all of my incredible colleagues across the bargaining unit and the museum to build a better present and future for the DAM.”
Next, the union will bargain with museum management for its first contract, a process that has taken more than a year at several other institutions where workers recently unionised. The DAMWU said in an announcement that the unit plans to address issues like staffing, career advancement, disciplinary processes and fair wages.
“The museum supports employees’ right to unionise and is grateful for all those who voted and exercised their rights in this process,” a museum spokesperson said in a statement. “The museum is committed to bargaining in good faith with the union toward a collective bargaining agreement.”
The employees at the DAM first announced their intentions to unionise in January. In a statement, Trudy Lovato, a gallery host at the museum and co-chair of the union organising committee, said many of her colleagues suffered from food insecurity and general economic anxiety.
“These folks have multiple jobs, roommates, have to worry about getting to work, parking (there’s no employee parking), not to mention the body-stress that comes with many positions, in many departments at our workplace,” Lovato said.
Museum workers across the US have increasingly elected to unionise since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, when falling visitor numbers resulted in layoffs and cutbacks. Workers at institutions including the Dia Art Foundation, the Hispanic Society Museum and Library and the Jewish Museum in New York, the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University in Columbus, and many others have undertaken (and in many cases completed) the process of forming a union.
DENVER — Saturday will bring strong-to-severe thunderstorms across far northeastern Colorado this afternoon and evening.
The storms could produce large hail, strong winds, and lightning.
For the Denver metro and communities along the I-25 corridor, storm coverage is much lower.
Storm threat for northeastern Colorado Saturday; sunny and warmer Sunday
While a few showers and storms may still develop, many locations could remain dry for most of the day.
Saturday’s afternoon high will reach the upper 70s and lower 80s across the plains, with cooler conditions in the high country.
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Sunday will be calmer with the storm system moving away from our region.
Sunday will bring drier conditions statewide and plenty of sunshine with highs in the 80s.
There is a chance of isolated showers in the mountains.
Warmer temperatures are expected through the next week, with a chance of thunderstorms returning on Monday.
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DENVER (KDVR) — The last few days of May will be warm and mostly dry, but the Denver weather forecast does show a steady warming trend through the first week of June.
Highs on Saturday will be seasonal and mostly dry with a stray storm possible. Colorado will return to the low 80s on Sunday and will likely be dry across most of the state.
Denver weather tonight: Partly cloudy and mild
Skies will be partly cloudy overnight Friday. Any lingering showers will dissipate by midnight. Temperatures will remain slightly above normal with lows around Denver in the lower to middle 50s. Winds will be light from the south and southwest.
Denver weather Saturday: Seasonal and mostly sunny
Denver will see seasonally warm highs Saturday afternoon in the upper 70s, though the urban core may crack the lower 80s. An isolated storm or two may fire up in the afternoon north of Interstate 76 and the high country, but most of Colorado will remain dry.
Looking ahead: Warming to start June
Monday is the first day of June. Temperatures will be in the low 80s with a better chance for afternoon showers and storms. Winds will also be a bit breezy. The metro area will continue to warm Tuesday and Wednesday into the mid-80s. Both days have a chance for storms, but Tuesday will have a better setup for storms.
Denver will be drier the second half of the workweek as temperatures climb into the mid-80s. Next weekend may see highs back in the upper 80s. That’s not record-breaking, but quite warm for early June by about 10 degrees.
Von Miller has made it abundantly clear that he would like to return to the Denver Broncos and finish his career where it started. Miller has made that fact known at every possible opportunity, including a Von’s Vision charity event on Wednesday.
“I would love to bring back those Super Bowl 50 vibes, love to assist, to be the vice president to Bo Nix, to Courtland Sutton,” Miller said. “I’ve been the guy and also I’ve been the vice president as well. I would love to contribute to us getting back to the glory land, to holding up that trophy.”
Miller went on to note that he has lobbied coach Sean Payton to sign him (Payton coached Miller at a flag football tournament earlier this year).
Unfortunately for Miller, it sounds like there are no plans for a potential reunion with his old club. The Denver Post‘s Luca Evans reported that “as of last week,” there have been no talks between the Broncos and Miller’s representatives about a potential contract.
With a crowded outside linebacker room, Denver seems unlikely to re-sign Miller, but the 37-year-old pass rusher said he will “for sure” play in 2026. After totaling nine sacks with the Washington Commanders last fall, Miller will probably be able to find a home as a rotational pass rusher, but it might not be with the Broncos.
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