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Safe Rides for Adults, Loopholes for Kids: The HopSkipDrive Exception

While lawmakers in Colorado move to strengthen protections for riders of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) through HB25-1291, there’s a glaring loophole that could put our most vulnerable passengers — students — at risk. HopSkipDrive markets itself as a safe, student-focused alternative to Uber or Lyft — but operates similarly by contracting with drivers through an

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04/03/2025 No Comments
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JESPA Members Must Stand Strong: The Fight for Education Funding Continues

Thousands of educators, school staff, and community allies gathered at the Capitol on March 20th for the No More Cuts: Statewide Day of Action, demanding that Colorado’s public schools stop being gutted to fix a broken budget. With a billion-dollar shortfall, lawmakers are once again looking to cut from those who can least afford it—our

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03/21/2025 No Comments
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UPDATE: Paraeducators win class action grievance

In the realm of special education, paraeducators are indispensable, offering direct support to students with special needs. Yet, their crucial role faces uncertainty as the Jeffco School District labels them ‘temporary’ despite their established permanent employee status. This undermines job security, worsens staffing issues, and impacts hundreds of students with special needs. Join us in standing up for paraeducators, our students, and our commitment to fairness and stability.

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10/06/2023 No Comments
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We Support Kaiser Workers – Kaiser Settle the Contract Now!

Open Letter to Kaiser Regional President, Michael Ramseier The JESPA Executive Board supports the Kaiser Strike . Kaiser workers are on strike for better patient care, staffing, and wages! Review our open letter and then sign the petition to support Kaiser Healthcare Workers Dear Micheal Ramseier, We are writing on behalf of JESPA, the Jeffco

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10/06/2023 No Comments
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JESPA and JCEA to bargain Health Benefits Committee Structure

JESPA and JCEA head to the bargaining table TOGETHER to address concerns with the Health Benefits Committee! The Benefits Advisory Committee (BAC) has been run for too long outside of the bargaining table. The committee has made decisions regarding healthcare which JESPA found to be a violation of the JESPA Collective Bargaining Agreement.  We filed

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09/20/2022 No Comments
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Could Jeffco’s Staffing Crisis Have Been Prevented?

Over the last year and a half, we have been engaged in a LOT of bargaining with the district to demand safety, pay, and respect as the frontline workers in the district.  However, the district said no to hazard pay, no to raises, and only after going to arbitration and continuing to fight, did the

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10/13/2021 No Comments
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Pandemic Recovery requires ESPs – Open Letter to Superintendent Dorland

ESPs play a critical role in student success. We can’t support our students if there are critical shortages of support staff. For a successful pandemic recovery plan, we need to attract and retain ESPs. We work to make sure students are safe, healthy, engaged, supported, and challenged, and we are critical to the success of our students and our schools! Will you stand with your coworkers to demand better for Jeffco students?

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06/17/2021 No Comments
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Open Letter to Supt. Schuh, Stop the Furloughs, Feed Our Students

As of today, food service workers across the district are being told over the phone that they’re “furloughed until further notice” and that the district is closing 141 of the 156 food service sites as of Monday, Nov 30th. Click here to sign this petition and share. To: Kristopher Schuh November 19, 2020 It is

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11/20/2020 No Comments

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