Several dozen library workers from all corners of Denver converged for an after-work drink on Wednesday — with a side of unionization.

Organizers were hoping to make a show of support for unionization to the entirety of Denver Public Library’s workforce. Just hours earlier, all 800 employees of the library system had met for an all-day conference.

“Management was looking to see how many people wanted the union today, and we showed them a whole hell of a lot,” Jen Lowe, an on-call circulation worker, said at the after-hours union event at Schoolyard Beer Garden.

Denver’s library workers have been organizing since 2020, but that mission has gotten a lot more urgent recently. Starting Jan. 1, they will gain the right to collectively bargain — a key union power. The city government’s layoff

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