Boulder County doesn’t think employees of Boulder County Housing Authority (BCHA) and Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) should be included in the recently formed county-wide collective bargaining unit — and plans to challenge the decision in court. The complaint “is not about challenging the union itself” but rather seeking clarity on whether BCHA and BCPH employees are subject to the Collective Bargaining by County Employees Act (COBCA), Senior Assistant County Attorney Olivia Lucas wrote in the memo to commissioners. COBCA, passed in 2022, grants county employees collective bargaining rights. Boulder County workers voted 422-221 in January to unionize, making the group the largest to unionize under COBCA, according to the group. A representative from the Boulder County Employees Union said the unit agrees with CDLE’s initial determination to include BCPH and BCHA.