Determination of bargaining unit.
Denver City Charter, art. IX, § 9.10.4
in effect§ 9.10.4 - Determination of bargaining unit.
(A) An employee organization wishing to represent bargaining-eligible employees shall determine which employees share a substantial mutual interest in wages, hours, and other conditions of employment such that they share a community of interest as understood under the National Labor Relation Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 151-169, as amended, provided, however, bargaining units for employees of the City Council, Denver County Court, Library Commission, Civil Service Commission, Board of Adjustment, and Board of Water Commissioners may only include employees of their respective bodies.
(B) In the event that the respective Corporate Authority or another employee organization disputes the appropriateness of the bargaining unit, the matter shall be submitted to binding arbitration using standards and procedures established by ordinance, or in the case of disputes regarding bargaining units for employees of the Board of Water Commissioners, by rules and regulations or policies and procedures promulgated by the Board.
(C) The Council, or the Board of Water Commissioners for bargaining units made up of the Board's employees, shall create a permanent panel of at least three (3) arbitrators to decide disputes regarding bargaining units pursuant to this Section. In order to be eligible to be on the permanent panel of arbitrators, a person must be impartial and disinterested and must be qualified by experience and training as a neutral hearing officer or arbitrator in labor or management disputes. The dispute experience shall be in impasse negotiations between labor and management, disputes over the meaning or application of contracts between labor and management, or discipline. Any person whose only experience is as a hearing officer for any Civil or Career Service System shall not be qualified. Persons who are members of the National Academy of Arbitrators or on the American Arbitration Association panel of labor arbitrators are presumptively qualified. The terms, procedure for removal, and method of selection shall be set forth by ordinance, or in the case of arbitrators for employees of the Board of Water Commissioners, by rules and regulations promulgated by the Board.
(D) The Council may establish by ordinance, and the Board of Water Commissioners for bargaining units made up of the Board's employees may establish by rules and regulations, a process for bargaining-eligible employees to join a bargaining unit, or to clarify which employees are included in a bargaining unit, once formed.
(Ord. No. 0716-24, § 1, 7-15-24, elec. 11-5-24)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIHORU_SUBTITLE_BCH_ARTIXEM_PT10COBACEEM_S9.10.4DEBAUNFetched: 10/27/2026