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    MorningMagazine_2025-02-04 Gabrielle Mendoza

“A Day without Immigrants” causes people to call off of school and work

Across the country, people called out of work and school yesterday to simulate “A Day Without Immigrants.” The movement was a part of a protest against immigrant policies, including mass deportations, under the Trump administration. Some parents refused to send their kids to school, many businesses closed for the day, and others boycotted businesses.

The goal of the movement, which grew via social media, was to show how businesses and society at-large would look in the U.S. without immigrants.

University of Denver Associate Professor of Economics Chloe East conducted a study a couple years ago about the negative effects of mass deportations on not just immigrants, but other Americans. East told 9News that the “Day Without Immigrants” reflected her findings.

She added that although one of Trump’s alleged goals is to open up job markets for other citizens, the demand for labor is not that simple.

Another day of marches is planned for tomorrow, at Capital cities across the country. That’s also according to 9News.

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Buckley Space Force Base will not house immigrant detainees

Speaking of Trump’s attacks on immigrants – Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora will not be housing and processing immigrant detainees after all.

This directly contradicts a statement from the military’s U.S. Northern Command last week, which said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would use the military base as a “temporary operations center, staging area, and temporary holding location” for processing detainees.

The change was announced by Congressman Jason Crow, who represents much of Aurora and all of the military base. Just last week, Crow expressed deep concern about Buckley being used for mass deportation efforts. He went so far as to say that Aurora, and the military, can expect his “vigorous oversight” and that he is prepared to oppose decisions in Congress.

Crow then met with senior leadership at the base, and shortly thereafter told reporters that base officials said they will only be using Buckley as a staging location for law enforcement, and as a coordination center for ongoing operations.

While Crow admitted it’s hard to say what that means exactly, he told reporters he’s going to continue to push hard for his constituents and maintain regular oversight of how Buckley is used.

When The Denver Post contacted Northern Command for clarification, a spokesperson said that any information would have to come directly from ICE itself.

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King Soopers workers set to strike

UFCW Local 7 union members overwhelmingly voted to strike over King Soopers’ unfair labor practices late last week. The two-week strike will involve 10,000 employees at 77 stores, beginning at 5 a.m. Thursday. Workers from stores in the cities of Boulder and Louisville will be a part of the walk-out, along with employees at King Soopers in Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties.

The last offer King Soopers management presented to workers was a $0.25 cent increase for retail clerks, among other changes. That offer expired at the end of January. Union reps have called the offer “unacceptable” and “inadequate,” as it differs based on ZIP code and wouldn’t boost pay for everyone.

Since workers in Pueblo and Colorado Springs didn’t vote until this weekend, they are not part of the strike starting this week. However, they could join later.

Contracts for workers in Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont and Loveland expire on February 15. The Colorado Sun says those workers could also join in as union negotiators see fit.

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CU’s medical residents and fellows want to form a union

In other workers’ rights news – to combat the rough conditions of working at University of Colorado’s hospitals, Medical Centers, residents and fellows want to form a full-fledged union with collective bargaining rights. 

As public sector employees, the residents don’t have an automatic right to collective bargaining/ A law passed in 2023 does give more protection to public workers to organize and speak out against issues that are important to them, but the university has to approve collective bargaining – which they don’t right now.

According to The Colorado Sun, medical workers have been repeatedly denied collective bargaining rights, as well as a meeting with the CU Board of Regents.

Currently, residents make about $75,000 a year and work up to 80 hours per week. That’s about $18 an hour, which is lower than Denver’s minimum wage.

You can read the full story at coloradosun.com.

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