Title 8, Labor and Industry
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Labor Peace Act. Source: L. 43: p. 417, � 24. CSA: C. 97, � 94(24). CRS 53: � 80-5-21. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-4-21.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The public policy of the state as to employment relations and collective bargaining, in the furtherance of which this article 3 is enacted, is declared to be as follows: (a) It recognizes that there are three major interests involved, namely: That of the public, the employee,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-103 Construction
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Except as specifically provided in this article, nothing in this article shall be construed so as to interfere with or impede or diminish in any way the right to strike or the right of individuals to work, nor shall anything in this article be so construed as unlawfully to invade…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-104 Definitions
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As used in this article 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (a) Agricultural employer means a person that: (I) Regularly engages the services of one or more employees or contracts with any person who recruits, solicits, hires, employs, furnishes, or transports employees…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-105 Director to administer - adopt rules and regulations
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The director shall enforce and administer the provisions of this article and may adopt reasonable rules and regulations relative to its administration and to the conduct of all elections and hearings pertaining to mass transportation as defined in section 8-3-104 (15). Such rules…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-106 Rights of employees
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In accordance with the provisions of this article, employees have the right of self-organization and the right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own free choosing, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities f…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-107 Representatives and elections
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(1) A unit chosen for the purpose of collective bargaining shall be the exclusive representative of all of the employees in such unit, if the majority of the employees of one employer, or the majority of the employees of one employer in a craft, vote at an election. But employees…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-108 What are unfair labor practices
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(1) It is an unfair labor practice for an employer, individually or in concert with others, to: (a) Interfere with, restrain, or coerce his employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 8-3-106; (b) Initiate, create, dominate, or interfere with the formation or ad…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-109 What are not unfair labor practices
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(1) It is not an unfair labor practice for any employer to refuse to grant a closed shop or all-union agreement or to accede to any proposal therefor as provided in this article. (2) The right of both employer and employee freely to express, declare, and publish their respective …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-110 Prevention of unfair labor practices
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(1) Any controversy concerning unfair labor practices may be submitted to the division in the manner and with the effect provided in this article; but nothing in this article shall prevent the pursuit of equitable or legal relief in courts of competent jurisdiction, nor shall it …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-111 Protection of employees when authority acquires certain operations
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(1) Before any authority may acquire and operate any property of a privately or publicly owned mass transportation system, fair and equitable protective arrangements, as determined by the director, shall be made to ensure certain rights of employees. Such protective arrangements …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-112 Arbitration
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(1) Parties to a labor dispute may agree in writing to have the director act as arbitrator or to name arbitrators to arbitrate all or any part of such dispute, and thereupon the director shall have the power so to act. The director shall appoint as arbitrators only competent, imp…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-113 Mediation
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(1) The director has power to appoint any competent, impartial, disinterested person to act as mediator in any labor dispute either upon his own initiative or upon the request of one of the parties to the dispute. It is the function of such mediator to bring the parties together …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-114 Duties of attorney general and district attorneys
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Upon the request of the director, the attorney general or the district attorney of the county in which a proceeding is brought before the district court for the purpose of enforcing or reviewing an order of the director shall appear and act as counsel for the director in such pro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-115 Employer and employee committees
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The director, from time to time, may appoint joint, standing, or special committees composed in equal numbers of representatives of employees and employers. The director may refer to any such committee for its study and advice any matters concerning the relations of employers and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-116 Interference with director - officer of division
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Any person who willfully assaults, resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with the director or any officer, deputy, agent, or employee of the division or any of its agencies in the performance of duties pursuant to this article 3 commits a class 2 misdemeanor. Source: L. 43: p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-117 Existing contracts unaffected
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Nothing in this article shall operate to abrogate, annul, or modify any valid agreement respecting employment relations existing on or before April 1, 1943. Source: L. 43: p. 411, � 15. CSA: C. 97, � 94(15). CRS 53: � 80-5-15. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-4-15.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-118 Jurisdiction to issue restraining orders or injunctions
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this article, no court has jurisdiction to issue in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction which in specific or general terms prohibits any person from doing, whether sing…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-119 Relations contrary to public policy
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(1) The following is declared to be contrary to public policy and shall not afford any basis for the granting of legal or equitable relief by any court against a party to such undertaking or promise or against any other persons who may advise, urge, or induce, without fraud, viol…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-120 Conflict of provisions
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Wherever the application of the provisions of other statutes or laws conflict with the application of the provisions of this article, this article shall prevail; except that, in any situation where the provisions of this article cannot be validly enforced, the provisions of such …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-121 Civil liability for damages
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(1) Any person who suffers injury because of an unfair labor practice has a right of action, jointly and severally, against all persons participating in said practice for damages caused to the injured person thereby. (2) If, in accordance with this article or otherwise, persons o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-122 Penalty for violation
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Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined for the first offense not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and for the second and subsequent offens…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-3-123 Nonapplicability of other statutes
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The provisions of sections 8-1-108, 8-1-120, and 8-1-123 shall not apply to this article, but this article and the administration thereof are governed and controlled as to all matters contained in sections 8-1-108, 8-1-120, and 8-1-123 by the special provisions of this article. S…