DENVER — Denver school officials asked the state on Wednesday to intervene in its pay dispute with teachers, a move that will delay a strike that had been scheduled to start Monday.
Denver Public Schools asked for help from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment after teachers overwhelmingly voted to strike. The department will ask the teachers’ union to respond to the district’s request. Until they do and the department decides whether to get involved, the union cannot strike.
That process could take up to 24 days — up to 10 days for the union to respond and up to 14 days for the state to decide — but a decision could come faster than that depending on how long the union and the state take to act.
The union will respond quickly, negotiator and teacher Rob Gould said, but a walkout will not happen Monday as planned.
