The hearing lasted as long as most restaurant shifts...and it's not over yet!
Emotional testimony from supporters described how unpredictable schedules threw their lives into chaos, leaving them to constantly scramble and stress about making child pickups and dropoffs, medically-necessary doctor's appointments, and important social events such as birthdays, anniversaries and even weddings.
Jaquikeyah Fields, communications director for Colorado People’s Alliance, worked at Jack in the Box as a high school student to help support herself and her family. “I repeatedly asked for a schedule to allow me to be a normal school student, but it didn’t happen,” she said.
UFCW member Richard Garcia described how workers' hours were driven by “moving goalposts” at the meat packing and processing plant where he works. “The company wouldn’t let us go home unless a set number of meat was processed, and that number changed every week,” he said. Both he and fellow UFCW member Haven Rohnert emphasized how unpredictable hours, fear of retaliation, and back-to-back shifts took a toll on physical and mental health.
Sonia Riggs, president and CEO of the Colorado Restaurant Association, said the CRA estimated that the “cost to comply is at $70,000 per year per location,” which many restaurateurs testified would be a business killer. Chris Brown, vice president of Policy & Research at, predicted that the costs would run between $2,200 and $5,800 per shift employee per year for covered businesses with 200 shift workers.
So it was no surprise that after many hours of testimony, Representative Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez requested the bill be laid over to allow sponsors to work with stakeholders on amendments. The next time it is brought before the committee, it will be for a vote...no public comments allowed., it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver, and we'd like to keep it that way.
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