Proposal on collective bargaining delayed

A planned proposal that would allow collective bargaining for University of Colorado employees not already covered by other agreements is being delayed while its sponsor conducts additional outreach.

Regent Elliott Hood, who had planned to introduce this proposal at the March meeting of the CU Board of Regents Governance Committee, alerted his fellow committee members to the slowdown.

“I wanted to make sure that I gave everyone, especially those already representing their fellow staff or faculty through the existing shared governance model, a chance to study and provide me with feedback on not only the idea, but how it could be structured to complement our system of shared governance,” Hood said.

Hood said that language previously circulating in the CU community was not necessarily his planned proposal and was instead an idea of one approach. Hood said he would introduce any planned language through the Governance Committee process, where it would receive a full public review and debate.

Due to the way power is vested in the Board of Regents, any regent may bring a policy proposal through committee and ultimately to the full board. The process includes initial introduction in a committee, notification of the full board of the committee policy discussion, policy language introduction, debate and vote at the committee level followed by introduction of the policy to the full board. The vote at the committee level does not affect the ability of an individual regent to bring a proposal to the full board for consideration. Each step of the process is separated by at least a month.

Hood told his fellow committee members that he would develop a timeline for potential introduction and debate after he completes his planned outreach to various system and campus groups.