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The Public Employees Division has several areas that are unique to it. The accumulated links below will give you the most current information available to all of the public employees.
New articles and information will appear at the bottom of this page.
Career Service Rules
Denver Employees Retirement Pension
The Teamsters Public Service Division serves more than 200,000 public employees across the country.
Teamsters Local 17 represents the City and County of Denver employees covering all classifications. We are blue collar and white collar workers committed to improving the overall lives of our members with our collective voice.
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Disability Benefits
Grievance Form
Mediation Request Form
Complaint Form
Appeal Form
NEW!!! Go back and review the past year in photos on our new slideshow page. Pictures from various events that were held for the public service members are now available on the page. If you participated, you might just see yourself online! Click HERE to view the slideshows.
Latest News from Local 17
July 26, 2010: FOP Response - Read the FOP's response. The letter says it all. Read it HERE.
July 1, 2010: Not to be Intimidated! - When the need arises, Teamsters Local 17 Business Agent Ed Bagwell shows why he will not be intimidated when dealing the the Director of Corrections. You can read his letter HERE.
June 22, 2010: A Disturbing Series of Events Within the Internal Investigation Team! - Ed Bagwell outlines a disturbing series of attempted intimidation. Teamsters Local 17 doesn't back down from anybody and brother Bagwell shows you his response to these events. Read his letter HERE
June 22, 2010: Special Meeting at Union Hall with Merl King. Merl is on the NAPO Board, Business Agent, member of Local 320, member of the FOP and retired cop. - Teamsters Local 17 Business Agent has a special meeting set up for members to meet Merl King. Read the information on the meeting HERE.
April 22, 2010: Unfair Standards for City Workers Discovered - Teamsters Local 17 Business Agent Ed Bagwell discovers that not all City and County employees are being treated fairly when it comes to being called tardy. Read his letter HERE asking for clarification.
March 14, 2010: Inaccurate Production Standard Exposed - Teamster member reinstated with full back pay and benefits after Local 17 proved that the layoff by production standard was inaccurate. Read the decision HERE.
February 13, 2010: Business Agent Ed Bagwell Send Letter to James Williamson - Ed Bagwell sends a letter to James Williamson clarifying a classification issue and more importantly asks that our members be trained on safety issues when working around power tools and electricity. You can read his letter HERE.
December 9, 2009: Business Agent Ed Bagwell Expands Representation at DHS - Ed Bagwell sends a letter to John Beckman outlining Local 17's plan to expand representation for DHS employees per CSA rules. Read the letter HERE and see why dues paying members get the best representation.
September 1, 2009: Help our brothers and sisters at Frontier Airlines - The heavy check maintenance jobs at Frontier Airlines are at risk of being relocated out of state. Our sister local (Teamsters Local 961) is in a real fight with the City of Denver to keep those jobs here at DIA. At issue is a question of taxation that the city needs to address before it's too late. You can read the notice that is being circulated in an effort to keep those union jobs here in Denver. Read the notice HERE.
Legal Defense Application Form
Christopher Pratt explains his ordeal and why he felt it was so important to join Teamsters Local 17. In his own words, he gives a detailed account of what he is facing today and what happened when he turned to Ed Bagwell for help. It is something that every law enforcement officer and public service worker should read.
Click here to read Chris' story
Download PDF Form to Challenge FOP Fair Share
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
In order to challenge the 2009 Fair Share through the FOP, every Denver Sheriff Teamster Local 17 member must fill out one of the enclosed forms before August 1, 2010. After completing the form, please return the form to your union steward. Download the form HERE.
UPDATE
Chris' case is finalized with a surprising twist. Click here to read what happened.
Fact Finder's Form
Stewards from all agencies attended the first of a series of training classes to give Teamster Local 17 Stewards additional training to represent the members more effectively. Local 17 believes that providing critical training to our front line Stewards gives our members an advantage from the beginning.
National Association of Police Officers (NAPO)