Tag: Collective Bargaining
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Collective bargaining draft shows counties and higher ed in, K-12 out
The newest draft of a collective bargaining bill for public sector employees would allow only public sector employees in counties and higher education to set up unions and engage in collective bargaining with their employers. Those employees, under the undated draft, include any employee, save for temporary employees who work less than 90 days over…
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National teacher union leaders visit Colorado to advocate for collective bargaining bill
Just how significant would it be for Colorado to allow part-time college faculty to unionize and engage in collective bargaining? Look no further than the state Capitol Monday, when national presidents of the American Federation of Teachers and the American Association of University Professors met with Gov. Jared Polis, hoping to keep public higher education…
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Polis throws cold water on public unions bill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A bill to allow public employees to engage in collective bargaining has run into its biggest hurdle: lack of support from Gov. Jared Polis. The bill is the brainchild of House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar, D-Pueblo, and Sen. Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder. Esgar worked on a…