Organizing Around CWA - Boulder County

After months of organizing, Boulder County workers officially filed for a union election earlier this week to be represented by CWA. Their unit will be named the Boulder County Employees Union-CWA (BCEU). Workers cited a lack of job security and an inability to negotiate work-life balance issues collectively as reasons for forming the union.

“Boulder County workers continue to show up fearlessly for the community through natural disasters, the pandemic, the opioid epidemic, and the affordable housing crisis. We fight daily for racial equity, accessibility, and more robust services for residents,” said Brianna Barber, an application support administrator with Boulder County and BCEU organizing committee member.

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is expected to work with BCEU workers and Boulder County to determine the dates and methods for the election. BCEU will be the largest worker union in the county since the passage of the Collective Bargaining by County Employees Act (COBCA) in 2022.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.