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Good Jobs and a More Equitable Economy

From raising the minimum wage to $17.29 as she left office to protecting workers from losing their jobs when contracts changed hands and ensuring Denver trained apprentices in construction careers on city projects, Robin built a more equitable Denver with jobs that earn enough to live in our city. 

2023

Construction Careers Ordinance Adopted for all City Projects Exceeding $10 Million

Working with partners to update and codify program in ordinance. in 2023

Hiring and apprenticeship training goals on city construction projects will both expand supply of trained workers for Denver's construction industry, as well as provide those who need it most with a living wage job and pathway to a future career.

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2021

Service Worker Job Retention Policy

Ordinance passed in 2021.

Robin Kniech worked with service employees, their unions and Denver International Airpot to ensure that when contracts changed hands, thousands of workers who would have been at risk of being displaced from their employment had the opportunity to keep their jobs.

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2019

Denver’s Citywide Minimum Wage

Ordinance passed 2019. First increase January 1, 2020. 2023 wage $17.29. Wage adjusted January 1 of each year based on CPI-W (announced late summer the year before).

Councilwoman Robin Kniech and Mayor Hancock, working alongside a broad coalition of community and labor supporters, proposed and passed a citywide minimum wage in Denver that brought raises to an estimated 100,000+ Denverites, a disproportionate number of whom were women and people of color.

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2019

$15 Minimum Wage For City Workers

In 2022, the contractor minimum wage was surpassed by the citywide minimum wage, and the two wages were merged into one.

Ensuring a $15 per hour minimum wage for city workers was essential to promoting a more equitable economy and supporting the hardworking staff that keep the City running.

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Recent News

A college fund can’t spend all its money because families are getting priced out of Denver, so City Council is changing its eligibility rules
May 22, 2023
Denverite
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Councilmember Robin Kniech, who cosponsored the bill with Councilmember Stacie Gilmore, said in committee that these... Read Article
Robin Kniech on the migrant emergency in Denver
December 18, 2022
FOX31 Denver
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This week on “Colorado Point of View,” Denver City Councilor Robin Kniech weighs in on how the city is responding... Read Article
Denver needs up to 40,000 construction workers
April 5, 2022
FOX31 Denver
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Construction is at an all-time high in Denver. The City of Denver says it needs approximately 30-40,000 construction... Read Article
Denver Citywide Minimum Wage Rises to $15.87 on Jan. 1, 2022
December 16, 2021
Press Release
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Denver’s citywide minimum wage will increase to $15.87/hr. on January 1, 2022. The scheduled increase comes from a... Read Article
Contract workers at DIA added to Denver’s employment displacement protection
August 9, 2021
Denver Gazette
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Under the protection, if a contract that provides essential city services ends, the successor contractor must offer the... Read Article
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