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Have you driven through Pueblo lately? Thanks to National Employee Freedom Week, you may have seen this new billboard appear:

(It’s not just Pueblo. Many other Colorado school districts have brief opt-out windows for current members, and a few others — Colorado Springs 11, Alamosa, South Conejos — also have annual opt-out windows for non-members. Check out revocation information for Teachers and for Classified Employees)

Are you a teacher or other employee in either Pueblo City Schools or Pueblo County Schools (District 70)? If so, you have a very limited time frame to exercise your membership options. Whether or not you have ever chosen to join a union, you will pay full union dues or “dues equivalency” unless you notify the union by September 15. And while none of the union offices make exercising your options terribly easy, we try to make it as easy as possible:

PUEBLO CITY SCHOOLS (Pueblo 60)

1. Teachers (Pueblo Education Association): MEMBERS and NON-MEMBERS who wish to opt out of more than $700 in 2014-15 dues/fees must either request revocation forms from the PEA office between SEPT 1 and SEPT 15 OR send an opt-out request “by certified mail with return receipt requested” to the PEA office, and a copy to the district payroll office, to be received between AUG 25 and SEPT 15

Download opt-out letter for current PEA members

Download representation fee revocation letter for PEA non-members

2. Bus drivers, Custodians, Maintenance workers, Education Support Personnel, Paraprofessionals: MEMBERS and NON-MEMBERS must send a certified request return receipt letter, to be received at the UniServ office, with a copy sent to the district payroll office, between SEPT 1 and SEPT 15

Download opt-out letter for ACME, PESPA, or PPEA current members

Download representation fee revocation letter for ACME, PESPA, or PPEA non-members

3. Education assistants, Hourly nutrition workers: Revocation forms for MEMBERS and NON-MEMBERS “can be obtained only on request by calling 1-800-421-CSEA (2732) during the period of August 25 and September 15. The certified written notification letter must be signed and received in the CCSEA office, with a copy sent to the District’s payroll office” between AUG 25 and SEPT 15

PUEBLO COUNTY SCHOOLS (Pueblo 70)

Teachers AND Classified Employees: MEMBERS and NON-MEMBERS of the Pueblo County Education Association must either sign a letter of revocation at the Association office, or notify the Association “by certified mail and with return receipt requested” between AUG 15 and SEPT 15

Download opt-out letter for PCEA current members

Download representation fee revocation letter for PCEA non-members