CO SB109

Prohibits public employees and employee organizations from directly or indirectly inducing, instigating, encouraging, authorizing, ratifying, or participating in picketing, strikes, work stoppages, or work slowdowns against any public employer.

Prohibits public employers from authorizing, consenting to, or condoning prohibited labor actions, and from paying employees for days spent participating in such actions.

Authorizes public employers to seek injunctions from district courts to stop prohibited actions; courts must enjoin the action if they find it has occurred or is likely to occur unless stopped.

Establishes contempt of court penalties including fines up to $500 per day for employee organization officers, up to $10,000 per day for employee organizations, and other contempt punishments for individual employees.

Requires mandatory immediate termination of public employees found in contempt or convicted of violating this section, with one-year employment ineligibility across all public employers; mandates immediate decertification of employee organizations found in contempt, with recertification eligibility after one year.