Local measure · Boulder County
City of Boulder 2LFirefighter collective bargaining in the city charter
In plain words
- Moves firefighters' existing bargaining rights from a contract and ordinance into the city charter.
- If talks deadlock, the dispute goes to non-binding fact-finding and then, if needed, to a public vote.
- No cost estimate was given.
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What your vote means
YES
Puts firefighter bargaining rights in the charter.
NO
Bargaining rights stay in ordinance and contract.
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Why people want it, and why others object
Why supporters want it
- Supported by IAFF Local 900; every surveyed council candidate supports it. source: boulderreportinglab.org
Why opponents object
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Who backs each side
- About $29,600 raised for, mostly from IAFF Local 900. source: boulderreportinglab.org
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Official ballot wording
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Bargaining Rights Union Firefighters in City Charter
Shall the City amend its charter by the addition of a new Sec. 73, "Collective Bargaining for Firefighters," as described in Ordinance 8761 which provides a charter guaranteed right for full-time fire department employees to bargain collectively over matters related to safety, wages, benefits, and all other terms and conditions employment, except those certain terms that are reserved to rights of management as defined in the proposed charter amendment, with impasse to be resolved through non-binding factfinding followed, if necessary, by a vote of the qualified electors of the City?
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