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Teachers, staff and supporters urge District 70 to preserve collective bargaining protections
Summary
Multiple teachers, support staff and union representatives spoke at the meeting in favor of collective bargaining agreements, saying CBAs protect planning time, clarify pay scales, preserve job protections and improve student learning conditions. Speakers contrasted union membership benefits with private liability insurance.
Teachers, support staff and union allies told the Pueblo County School District 70 board that collective bargaining agreements are important to classroom instruction, working conditions and student learning.
Ella McIndoe, a 18‑year social studies teacher in District 70, listed six provisions she described as vital in the CBA—protected planning time, annual leave guidance, a transparent salary schedule, fringe‑benefit bargaining, evaluation language and reduction‑in‑force rules—and said those provisions help the district recruit and retain…
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