Our Union, Our Mission
As Boulder County employees, we are forming our union to advocate excellence in public services and to provide a democratic voice for employees. We are working together for improved communication between employees and management, innovative solutions to problems, and high quality jobs. We seek a partnership with County and community leaders to better serve all county residents.

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Recently, the Boulder County Commissioners proposed a draft resolution providing a union recognition process for County employees. For over a year, County employees and community supporters have urged the Commissioners to adopt a process to allow employees to form a union.

 

The draft represents progress over past negotiations in some areas. For example, it provides that County managers would remain neutral in the workplace on the issue of a union.

 

However, the draft does yet not provide a model union recognition process, as many county employees and community supporters have urged. It falls far short of model laws such as the Employee Free Choice Act, recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and supported by scores of groups such as Human Rights Watch. It even falls short of the 64-year-old Colorado Labor Peace Act.

 

The Commissioners are holding a public hearing on the draft resolution on Thursday, April 19 at 7 p.m. at the County Courthouse at 13^th and Pearl Streets in Boulder. County employees will be speaking.

Commissioners' Draft Resolution
SEIU Comments on the Resolution

Teachers Support Voice for County Employees
Leaders of the Boulder Valley Education Association, the union uniting teachers in Boulder County, have sent a letter to the County Commissioners supporting the Labor Rights Resolution. >> more

Employees Submit Proposals on Labor Rights 
On September 12, 2006, the Boulder County Employees Organizing Committee/SEIU submitted a Model Resolution and draft Code of Conduct to the County of Boulder. 
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Health Care for Boulder County
Public employees should not be priced out of health.
Opinion by Local 105 President Mitch Ackerman
and Boulder County employee Joel Gutierrez published in The Daily Camera. >> more

Help Boulder County Fix It's
Broken Health Care Plan
Something is wrong in Boulder County. Many of us struggle to pay our medical bills or go without care. 
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Give the union a fair shot
Guest Opinion by Doreen Miller in the April 23 edition of
The Daily Camera. "By having a real voice on the job, we can use our experience and ideas to improve the services we deliver to Boulder County residents."
» Read the whole thing

Boulder County Democratic Party Assembly
supports employees right to form union
By an overwhelming voice vote, delegates to the April 15 assembly approved a resolution supporting the creation of a fair and democratic process for Boulder County employees to form a union. » Read the resolution

Respected national pollster blasts
Commissioners' survey for bias
In this memo, Andrew Myers, the President of Strategic Services, explains as an expert in opinion research that the results of management's survey are not a fair representation of the views of county employees.
» Read the Memo [pdf]

Employees Letter to County Commissioners
We request that the Commissioners establish a fair and democratic election process for employees to decide whether to form a union.
» Read the Letter [pdf]

» Poll Shows Boulder County Community Overwhelmingly Supports Employees' Freedom to Form a Union
Poll by Feldman Group – March 16, 2006

» A message to Boulder County citizens & employees from Rep. Mark Udall