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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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02/22/2022 No Comments
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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10/14/2021 No Comments
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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10/13/2021 No Comments
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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08/20/2021 No Comments
Grievances

EEOC finds reasonable cause that Jeffco Public Schools violated the Americans with Disabilities Act

CONTACT Vicki Flores Jeffco Education Support Professionals Association (303) 279-3232 vflores@coloradoea.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 17, 2021 EEOC finds reasonable cause to believe that Jeffco Public Schools violated the Americans with Disabilities Act District can meet to settle case, according to ruling GOLDEN – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled last week that

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08/17/2021 No Comments
Collective Bargaining

General Membership Meeting and Ratification

UPDATE!  The General Membership Meeting will be held via Zoom! You must register in advance, and your membership must be verified before you receive your link to join the meeting: When: Aug 12, 2021 05:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting:https://coloradoea.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvceCtrT0pH9UE7-VNi7h31Mng-VfRH1Ac After registering, you will receive a confirmation email

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07/29/2021 No Comments
Action Alert

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
Collective Bargaining

Jeffco Legislators Support a Living Wage for JESPA!

This week, many of our Jeffco legislators took action to support a living wage and our proposal during fact-finding for all Jeffco Education Support Professionals. They sent this letter to the Jeffco Board of Education! Let’s send a thank you note to our legislators! (you can personalize this letter) Last October a number of you

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05/14/2021 No Comments
Collective Bargaining

JESPA Bargaining Dates and General Membership Meeting May 29

Save the dates for May Bargaining Sessions, which you can view on Jeffco’s Livestream channel! May 6, 2021 8am-noon May 17, 2021 4pm-8pm May 25, 2021 12pm-4pm General Membership Meeting We are planning a General Membership Meeting for the purpose of conducting Union Business, ratification.  Ratification will only occur if we have reached  a Tentative

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05/05/2021 No Comments

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