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With Teamsters support, nearly 15,000 public sector workers in the City of Denver will now have collective bargaining rights after voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot measure allowing these workers to form a union. Denver was the largest city in the United States to not grant collective bargaining rights to essential public servants, but that is no more.
“This has been a long time coming,” said Ed Bagwell, President of Teamsters Local 17. “For more than 20 years, Teamsters have worked alongside Denver public employees to help them secure collective bargaining rights and now they finally have those rights.”
For public sector workers in Denver to have the right to organize a union, there must be a change to the city’s charter, which the ballot referendum does. With the approval of the ballot measure, Denver public sector workers will be able to collectively bargain beginning in January 2026.
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“This has been a long time coming,” said Ed Bagwell, President of Teamsters Local 17. “For more than 20 years, Teamsters have worked alongside Denver public employees to help them secure collective bargaining rights and now they finally have those rights.”
For public sector workers in Denver to have the right to organize a union, there must be a change to the city’s charter, which the ballot referendum does. With the approval of the ballot measure, Denver public sector workers will be able to collectively bargain beginning in January 2026.
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