Labor Exchange - Minimum wage in Boulder County with Alejandra Beatty

Labor Exchange - Minimum wage in Boulder County with Alejandra Beatty

Author: Robert Lindgren October 28, 2025 Duration: 28:59
With a poverty rate above the state average and a higher median wage, Boulder is at a crossroads around the minimum wage and affordability. We catch up with Alejandra Beatty, President of the Boulder Area Labor Federation about an effort to lower the rate of the minimum wage in Boulder County and wider fights around what tipped workers should be paid. 

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