Category: Collective Bargaining

Campaigns

JESPA Members ratify Tentative Agreement for $3 per hour/$18 Starting Pay

JESPA Members overwhelmingly voted to ratify the Tentative Agreement with 98% YES votes. The next step is for the Jeffco Board of Education to adopt the Agreement as well. Once that happens, the Collective Bargaining Agreement will be in effect on September 1st.   We will let you know when that board meeting is scheduled.

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Collective Bargaining

Notice of General Membership Meeting and Ratification June 22nd and June 23rd

ONLY JESPA MEMBERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CAST A VOTE! Your status will be verified through your Employee ID#. Agenda topics include: 1. Ratification vote on the tentative agreement reached at the bargaining table on 6/6/2022. 2. Ratification of a proposed dues change, from flat to percentage rate, as recommended by the JESPA Executive Board.

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Collective Bargaining

JESPA Wins Again! 2022 Bargaining News!

Below is an overview of our wins: Article 8 – Leaves Paid Sick time leave cannot be denied.  Expanded definition of family to include; domestic partners, relationships that are like family, significant others, and more.  Bereavement leave is now available to Paraproffesionals. Maternity leave has been changed to Parental & Childcare leave, to include any parent of

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Collective Bargaining

Jeffco BOE implements unilateral health insurance increases without bargaining

Jeffco employees received emails about premium increases and plan changes on Wednesday, April 20th.  This is because the Jeffco Board of Education took action at their April 7th Board meeting to authorize these changes.  This is a violation of our Collective Bargaining Agreement and violates the principles of good faith bargaining. The district implemented a

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Campaigns

JESPA Was Right!

Just a year ago, after engaging in bargaining for 10 months, JESPA and the District were at impasse, had mediation, and eventually went to fact-finding. This is a process where a neutral arbitrator is selected who conducts hearings, gathers, facts and evidence, and makes recommendations regarding bargaining. The district’s position at that time was that

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Collective Bargaining

JESPA Demands Healthy, Nutritious Meals for Students in Bargaining, Supports the Healthy School Meals for All Act

Golden, CO – This morning, members of the Jefferson County Education Support Professionals (JESPA) union bargaining team proposed that Jeffco Public Schools provide free, healthy meals to every Jeffco student. The proposal is based on feedback from parents, teachers, administrators, and food service workers, and is modeled after food service policies in surrounding school districts

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Grievances

JESPA wins arbitration for termination over “budget cuts,” a false excuse, Jeffco Board again votes against JESPA

UPDATE:  again, the Jeffco Board of Education votes down an arbitrator’s recommendation on an unfairly terminated JESPA member.  JESPA has again won an arbitration in favor of JESPA member Gillian Dunning.  The arbitrator, Ruth Robinson, recommends to the Board of Education to find that our member Ms. Dunning’s termination from employment was contrary to the

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General Information JESPA

EEOC Win, Reinstatement and Back pay for unfairly terminated JESPA member

In August, the EEOC found reasonable cause that Jeffco violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it denied reasonable accommodations and forced Jefferson County Education Support Professionals Association (JESPA) member Ron Patterson on leave and then terminated him. JESPA attempted to resolve the matter at the lowest possible level but ultimately filed a complaint with

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Collective Bargaining

JESPA Ratifies Historic Agreement on Pay

JESPA Ratifies Historic Agreement!  August 19, 2021     The members of JESPA have spoken, the votes have been tallied, and the Tentative Agreement reached between the JESPA bargaining team and the district has passed with an overwhelming 97% voting in favor of the agreement.  A record number of members turned out to make their voices heard and vote!  Now the ratified agreement must be

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