State labor chief to step down
Joanne Kelley, Rocky Mountain News
Published April 26, 2007 at midnight
Colorado AFL-CIO President Steve Adams has agreed to resign from his position rather than fight a decision to cut him from the payroll by the middle of next month.
AFL-CIO officials informed the federation’s local advisory committee of the agreement on Wednesday.
"Steve believes it is in the interest of the Colorado Labor movement that both officers step aside to allow the healing and re-building process to move forward," Keith Maddox, deputy trustee of the Colorado federation, wrote in an email obtained by the Rocky Mountain News.
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney is expected to release a statement shortly.
Adams could not immediately be reached for comment.
The national office appointed trustees to oversee the Colorado AFL-CIO because of conflicts between its two principal officers.
A subsequent decision was made to remove Adams and Secretary-Treasurer Paul Mendrick from the payroll at the end of the state legislative session in mid-May. Mendrick has vowed to fight the decision.
A Colorado AFL-CIO advisory committee concluded earlier this month that the state federation should hire an executive director to lead the organization.
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