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Residents press Fort Collins council to add minimum wage and municipal collective bargaining to agenda

Fort Collins City Council · January 20, 2026
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Summary

Multiple residents and labor leaders urged the Fort Collins City Council on Jan. 20 to place a minimum wage increase and a municipal collective bargaining framework on the council’s agenda, citing affordability pressures for tipped and city workers and precedent from Denver and Boulder.

Dozens of residents and labor representatives used the public‑comment period at the Fort Collins City Council meeting on Jan. 20 to press elected officials to act on worker pay and municipal bargaining.

Speakers including Jonah (DSA Fort Collins Elections Committee chair), Nicholas Solhin (Connexion worker), Blake Simpson (chair, Fort Collins DSA labor committee) and Kevin Caffrey (president, Northern Colorado Labor Council) urged council to refer a…

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