University of Colorado Regents to vote on collective bargaining rights

Thousands of workers across the CU system signed petition cards asking the Board of Regents for the right to bargain collectively. (Photo courtesy of United Campus Workers Colorado)

University of Colorado Regents to vote on collective bargaining rights KGNU News

CU employees are organizing for the right to collective bargaining with the university. It’s up to the Regents to decide on a collective bargaining policy.

Last week, representatives of CU’s United Campus Workers union filled a Denver meeting of the University of Colorado regents.

They aimed to pressure the university’s elected leadership to ratify collective bargaining rights for the union, a deal which the regents haven’t confirmed yet, as the spring semester winds to a close at the end of the month.

KGNU’s Don Davis brings us this report.

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