Charter amendment guaranteeing firefighter collective bargaining
Boulder · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
Shall the City amend its charter by the addition of a new Sec. 73, "Collective Bargaining for Firefighters," as described in Ordinance 8761 which provides a charter guaranteed right for full-time fire department employees to bargain collectively over matters related to safety, wages, benefits, and all other terms and conditions employment, except those certain terms that are reserved to rights of management as defined in the proposed charter amendment, with impasse to be resolved through non-binding factfinding followed, if necessary, by a vote of the qualified electors of the City?
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
Boulder Question 2L would add a new charter section giving full-time firefighters the right to bargain collectively with the city. Bargaining would cover safety, wages, benefits, and other terms of employment. Some matters reserved to city management would be excluded from bargaining. If talks reach an impasse, a non-binding factfinding step would come first. If still needed, the question says the dispute would go to a vote of qualified city voters. A YES vote adds this right to the charter. A NO vote leaves the charter without this guarantee.
Official ballot arguments
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