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Collective Bargaining

JESPA Proposes Paid Health Insurance, $20 Minimum to fully staff our schools with ESPs

On Thursday the JESPA Bargaining team met with the district to exchange bargaining proposals and share our vision for thriving schools. After multiple surveys and an in person bargaining workshop, the JESPA team brought the membership’s top priorities to the table: Staffing, Benefits and Wages.     Here are some highlights of JESPA’s proposal: $20/hr starting wages

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02/24/2023 No Comments
Collective Bargaining

District Acts in Bad Faith, Transportation and Food Service Members stand Together!

January 30, 2023 Last Tuesday night, the JESPA bargaining team and members of the JCTA (Jeffco Transportation Association) went to the table to resolve a grievance over proposed retention bonuses for transportation and food service employees. Both departments wanted to use saved “underspend” dollars, which were accumulated due to understaffing, on an attendance bonus or

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01/30/2023 No Comments
Collective Bargaining

New Late Start Contract Language

Last year, there was unfairness in how supervisors paid or didn’t pay and who they did and didn’t call in for late starts! We recently negotiated new contract language on this, so if your supervisors are confused, please have them read this post! From the JESPA CBA: 8-13 Weather and Emergency Late Start Days 8-13-1

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11/18/2022 No Comments
Community

National ESP Day Celebrations!

ESPs hold a special place in the hearts of everyone in our school communities. If you ask any student about their day, they will likely have a story to share about the bus driver who gets them to and from school safely, the secretary who greets them every morning with a smile, the cafeteria worker who

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11/16/2022 No Comments
Grievances

Jeffco settles with Kitchen Managers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   November 9, 2022  Jeffco Public Schools settles with food service managers in class action grievance over pay Jeffco’s pay for sales structure was not fairly implemented when school lunch serving volume increased with free meals for all students last year. GOLDEN, CO. – The Jefferson County Public School District settled a class

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11/09/2022 No Comments
Collective Bargaining

Attendance bonuses are not the answer! We need a systems overhaul!

Last Fall, Steve Bell, the district’s Chief Operating Officer, pushed hard for hiring bonuses and retention bonuses, which JESPA ultimately agreed to on a temporary basis as long as they applied to all positions with more than 10% vacancy due to high turnover. The JESPA bargaining team believed (based on research) that new employees would

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10/05/2022 No Comments
Campaigns

Agreement Reached on Benefits Advisory Committee

JESPA and JCEA (the Jefferson County Education Association) joined forces to negotiate a new process for the Benefits Advisory Committee.  JESPA/JCEA and the District reached an agreement that outlines the rules for how the committee operates. “We needed a stronger voice on this committee, as well as transparency, and fairness,” said Lara Center, JESPA President.

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10/03/2022 No Comments
Collective Bargaining

Our health benefits- Who do they benefit?

Why is our struggle to change the narrative around health insurance so difficult?  What are we doing to change it? The healthcare industry has grown to a $4 trillion dollar industry in the U.S. and is made up of hospitals, insurance companies, insurance brokers, and pharmacy, and all of them continue to rake in profits.

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09/28/2022 No Comments

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