Boulder Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO
organization · AFL-CIO area labor council
https://coaflcio.org/boulder-area-labor-council-afl-cio
Who they are
An AFL-CIO area labor council covering six Colorado counties, with roots it traces to the Louisville Labor Council around 1870. It issued ranked-choice mayoral recommendations, three council endorsements and positions on county ballot questions in September 2026.
In their words: The council's mission is to help working families with wage, benefit and working condition and broad working family issues.
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Leadership on file
Money
No funding information verified.
How they decide
The 2025 endorsements were announced by its Committee on Political Education (COPE); its 2026 release says it engaged and interviewed candidates. source
2026 positions
What the labels on each endorsement mean
- Endorser's own statement
- The organization or person announced it themselves (their site, their press release, or a news story reprinting that release).
- “X campaign lists Y”
- Only the candidate's (or ballot campaign's) own website says so. We didn't find the endorser saying it. It may be true, but it is the campaign's claim.
- City filing
- A committee's registration with the city clerk names the candidate or measure it supports.
- News listing
- A news outlet lists the endorsement, but we did not find the endorser's own statement.
Titles (e.g. “U.S. Representative”) are as printed on the cited page and describe the person, not an endorsement by their office. A blank title means the source did not give one.
Candidates
- Endorses: Taishya Adams (mayor) 1st choice (ranked-choice)Endorser's own statement. Boulder Area Labor Council announces endorsements for City of Boulder, RTD District O and local ballot measures (media release, Yellow Scene) · 2026-09-19
- Endorses: Aaron Brockett (mayor) 2nd choice (ranked-choice)Endorser's own statement. Boulder Area Labor Council announces endorsements for City of Boulder, RTD District O and local ballot measures (media release, Yellow Scene) · 2026-09-19
- Endorses: Jill Grano (council)Endorser's own statement. Boulder Area Labor Council announces endorsements for City of Boulder, RTD District O and local ballot measures (media release, Yellow Scene) · 2026-09-19
- Endorses: Rachel Rose Isaacson (council)Endorser's own statement. Boulder Area Labor Council announces endorsements for City of Boulder, RTD District O and local ballot measures (media release, Yellow Scene) · 2026-09-19
- Endorses: Ryan Schuchard (council)Endorser's own statement. Boulder Area Labor Council announces endorsements for City of Boulder, RTD District O and local ballot measures (media release, Yellow Scene) · 2026-09-19
City measures
- Supports: City 2L: Collective bargaining for firefighters (new Charter §73)Endorser's own statement. Boulder Area Labor Council 2026 Endorsements (Boulder Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO) · 2026-10-02
Other ballot items
- Supports: Boulder County Ballot Issue 1A: Early Childhood Care and Education Mill Levy Increase (not a City of Boulder measure)Endorser's own statement. Boulder Area Labor Council announces endorsements for City of Boulder, RTD District O and local ballot measures (media release, Yellow Scene) · 2026-09-19
- Opposes: Boulder County Question 200: Expand Board of Commissioners to Five (not a City of Boulder measure)Endorser's own statement. Boulder Area Labor Council announces endorsements for City of Boulder, RTD District O and local ballot measures (media release, Yellow Scene) · 2026-09-19
These are positions this group, or a campaign where labelled, has published. A race with nothing listed doesn't mean the group is against anyone.
Earlier endorsements
Profile sources
- https://coaflcio.org/boulder-area-labor-council-afl-cio/news/boulder-area-labor-council-2026-endorsements
- https://coaflcio.org/boulder-area-labor-council-afl-cio/about-us
- https://yellowscene.com/2026/09/19/boulder-area-labor-council-announces-endorsements-for-city-of-boulder-rtd-district-o-and-local-ballot-measures
- https://coaflcio.org/boulder-area-labor-council-afl-cio/news/boulder-area-labor-council-2025-endorsements
Profile compiled 2026-09-24.