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Aurora classified workers continue to demand union as district ‘works on a solution’
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About a dozen people attended Tuesday night’s Aurora Public Schools Board of Education meeting to talk about needs for classified workers, with some repeating demands for a union and others seemingly satisfied with work the district is doing for them. Classified workers include special needs paraeducators, bus drivers, nutrition workers, custodians and other school district…
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Denver City Council moves forward with collective bargaining ordinance
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Members of the city’s Governance and Intergovernmental Relations Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to advance a required ordinance implementing and clarifying collective bargaining rights for certain city employees. Last year, more than 64% of voters approved a ballot measure that establishes collective bargaining for non-supervisory city employees to negotiate compensation, working conditions, and other employment terms.…
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Federal judge allows competing staffing claims by Kaiser, union to proceed to trial
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A federal judge has determined the competing claims that Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado and its union have lodged against each other will proceed to trial, with the parties both alleging a breach of staffing responsibilities in their collective bargaining agreement. In a pair of orders, U.S. District Court Senior Judge William J. Martínez determined…
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Federal judge to Centura: Stop withholding raises from union nurses in Longmont
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A federal judge earlier this month ordered Centura Health to stop its pattern of withholding increases in pay and benefits for the group of nurses who formed a labor union at its hospital in Longmont. The National Labor Relations Board accused Centura, now known as CommonSpirit, of violating federal law and interfering with workers’ right…
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Aurora firefighters union may seek entry into consent decree lawsuit, appeals court rules
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The union representing Aurora’s firefighters could be allowed to join the litigation between the city and the state that resulted in a consent decree addressing unlawful police and paramedic behavior, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week. The agreement to reform the city’s policies came after Attorney General Phil Weiser released a report in 2021 documenting…
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Federal judge rejects union request to block King Soopers from using contractors on garden displays
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A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a request to block King Soopers and City Market from using contractors to perform certain tasks on outdoor plant displays – a practice the union representing retail workers alleged is in violation of their collective bargaining agreement. U.S. District Court Judge Gordon P. Gallagher decided the United Food and Commercial…
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Federal judge moves forward on union’s claim that King Soopers is violating agreement
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A federal judge on Wednesday determined he could legally consider the request of a grocery workers’ union to block King Soopers from using non-union personnel to tend to garden displays, a move the United Food and Commercial Workers alleges is in violation of their labor contract. UFCW’s Local 7 represents retail and meat department workers…
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10th Circuit says Fort Collins postal worker may not sue union for false information
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Even though a Fort Collins letter carrier was unable to sue the U.S. Postal Service for discrimination in time because of false information union leaders allegedly provided her, the federal appeals court based in Denver agreed Lynda Hickey is now barred from suing the union itself for its misrepresentations. It was unclear why officers of…
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Aurora Public Schools, union reach agreement on pay raises for teachers
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Teachers in Aurora Public Schools would receive a substantial pay increase when the school year begins under a tentative agreement between the district and the union. The proposed raise would “likely end up as one of the highest in the Denver metro area,” Superintendent Rico Munn wrote in a letter to district staff on Wednesday. …
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A LOOK BACK | Freshman legislator upturns state politics, switches parties
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: State Rep. Faye Flemming, R-Thornton, told The Colorado Statesman “everything in my organization is in place” to deal with furious voters and their election to attempt to recall her. Less than six weeks after taking office, Fleming switched her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, leaving Democratic Party officials as…
