“A coalition of 19 labor unions came together — firefighters, police officers, educators, nurses, miners, food workers – all in support of this,” said Donovan Minutes, a Salt Lake City firefighter. He was referring to an all-out effort by workers to repeal an anti-union bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature this year. What makes this move so exceptional is that over 320,000 signatures, more than double the number required for the repeal to take place, were gathered. The bill they are opposing, HB267, passed by Republican lawmakers and signed by Gov. Spencer Cox earlier this year, bans government agencies from negotiating contracts with unions representing public employees — teachers, firefighters, police officers and other government workers. Opponents of the unions’ fight against this law are still trying to find ways to ensure that the current ban remains; they have roughly 1.5 months to change voters’ minds.
Read the full story by Robert Gehrke for The Salt Lake Tribune, published April 16, 2025, here: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/04/16/utah-labor-unions-organizers/
