{"id":1135,"date":"2026-06-02T18:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:33:36","slug":"sheridan-teachers-union-alleges-district-retaliated-fired-employees-after-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1135","title":{"rendered":"Sheridan teachers union alleges district retaliated, fired employees after strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Sheridan School District\u2018s teachers union filed a complaint with the state labor department Monday alleging the K-12 system retaliated against employees who went on strike earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p>District officials fired \u201cseveral\u201d classified employees who participated in the April walkout and reprimanded others, the Sheridan Educators Association said in a news release. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c..(O)nce the strike ended, the district continued engaging in bad faith by delaying, misleading and retaliating against educators who are simply exercising their right to organize in the workplace,\u201d union President Kate Biester said in a statement. \u201cThe retaliatory actions by the district are shameful, illegal and wrong. All we want is to teach and support our students, but the district\u2019s actions are making that impossible.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The union said it filed a complaint under the Protections for Public Workers Act with the state Department of Labor and Employment.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1131\">Teen, developmentally disabled girl reported missing in Arapahoe County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sheridan officials said in a statement that they have not yet seen a copy of the union\u2019s complaint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking generally, the district values its educators and remains committed to a constructive, good-faith relationship with all of its staff members,\u201d the district said. \u201cWe take our obligations under the law seriously and conduct ourselves accordingly. Should a formal complaint be presented to the district through the appropriate channels, we will review it carefully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Educators went on strike April 1 after district officials refused to reinstate the union\u2019s collective bargaining agreement or to recognize classified employees in the union. The walkout, which ended later that month, became Colorado\u2019s longest teachers strike in at least 45 years. <\/p>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our Mile High Roundup email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1130\">How Trump has used the presidency to benefit himself and his allies<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1133\">Denver looking to add concessions to Sloan\u2019s Lake, downtown parks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sheridan School District&#8217;s teachers union filed a complaint with the state labor department on Monday, alleging the K-12 system retaliated against employees who went on strike earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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