Tag: collective bargaining
-
EDITORIAL: Teachers, schools do better without a union contract
Last week, the teachers union in the Douglas County School District — Colorado’s third-largest — asked the district’s board to restore collective bargaining. A previous board ended it in 2012. The union pointed to Douglas County’s starting educator salary, calling it the lowest in the Denver metro area despite a hefty, 61,000-student enrollment. Perhaps the…
-
Judge rules in favor of Colorado Springs District 11 in union lawsuit
A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against Colorado Springs District 11 by its teachers union, Colorado Springs Education Association (CSEA), because its claims are now moot. The suit, filed in September 2024, stems from D-11’s decision to implement a block schedule for the 2023-24 school year. The union alleged that the district made adjustments to…
-
CU system set to expand collective bargaining rights
Following recent rallying and advocacy, workers across the University of Colorado system are one step closer to greater collective bargaining. CU Regent Elliott Hood announced a plan to introduce a policy expanding collective bargaining rights for faculty, university staff and undergraduate and graduate workers at all four campuses during a board governance meeting Friday. The…
-
CU workers organizing to demand collective bargaining
Workers across the University of Colorado system are organizing for a unified message for its leadership: create a path to collective bargaining. This week, a day of action will be held at the university system’s four campuses to provide information about collective bargaining and discuss ongoing workforce challenges. This “Day of Action” will take place…
-
D-11 and teachers union prepping for one-day strike
Years of building tension between Colorado Springs School District 11’s leadership and its teachers’ union may reach its climax this week through a one-day strike set to take place throughout the district and its schools. On Oct. 8, teachers, families and community supporters will gather outside of D-11 schools in the morning before speaking with…
-
How does the future of D-11 look without collective bargaining?
Following the Colorado Springs D-11 Board of Education’s decision to end their 56-year-old collective bargaining agreement with its teachers’ union, the question on many people’s minds is: What exactly is going to change? “Unfortunately, we don’t know ultimately what that all is going to look like,” Colorado Springs Education Association President Kevin Coughlin said. The…
-
D-11 board votes to end master agreement with teachers’ union
A collective bargaining agreement nearly 60 years old in Colorado Springs is coming to an end. The school District 11 Board of Education voted not to renew the master agreement that has been in place since 1968 between them and the district’s teachers’ union, the Colorado Springs Education Association, during a heavily attended special meeting…
-
D-11 teachers rally outside board meeting to voice concerns over future of collective bargaining agreement
A sea of red-shirt clad union members flooded in and out of Colorado Springs School District 11’s administration building for its regular Board of Education meeting Wednesday night. About 300 members of the Colorado Springs Education Association, accompanied by parents, fellow union representatives and community members, attended the meeting to express concerns over the future…
-
Colorado bill would eliminate second election for unionization, drawing criticism from businesses
A proposal that would significantly alter an 80-year-old law that outlines the process for unionization and collective bargaining in Colorado is drawing criticism from the business community, while labor organizations are arguing the change is necessary to balance the power between workers and employers. The Labor Peace Act, signed into law in 1943, sets Colorado…