Protect Utah Workers referendum announces 320K signatures collected by deadline

PFFU, Utah labor unions return 320K signatures for referendum challenging anti-collective bargaining law

This week, Protect Utah Workers – an organization of 19 labor unions representing Utah’s fire fighters, police officers, nurses, teachers, and other workers –

Protect Utah Workers referendum announces 320K signatures collected by deadline

Organizers of the effort to overturn Utah's law banning public unions from collectively bargaining say they've turned in more than 320,000 signatures to put a referendum on the ballot.

Union supporters collect twice the number of signatures needed in referendum push

Union supporters collected more than double the number of needed signatures needed to potentially repeal House Bill 267 in what the Utah Education Association is already calling “the most successful citizen-led referendum in Utah history.”To qualify for a referendum in Utah, citizens need to collect approximately 140,000 verified signatures from registered voters across at least 15 of the 29 state senate districts in just 30 days. With 320,000 s…

More than 320,000 signatures collected to put HB267 on 2026 ballot for possible repeal

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 16, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) —  The Utah Education Association announced Wednesday that “Utah workers and their allies have submitted more than 320,000 signatures to place HB267, the anti-collective bargaining bill law, on the 2026 ballot for possible repeal.” The controversial law restricts public sector labor unions, eliminating their ability to engage in collective bargaining. It strips power from unions representing …

Labor coalition shatters threshold to qualify for referendum in effort to repeal union bill

Kevin Murray, president of the Utah State Fraternal Order of Police, speaks to reporters about efforts to gather signatures to overturn HB267 outside of the Salt Lake County Government Building on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Kyle Dunphey/Utah News Dispatch) A coalition of labor unions submitted 320,000 signatures in support of a referendum to overturn a controversial union bill on Wednesday. If their numbers are right, it’s the most signatures e…

320,000 signatures submitted in an effort to repeal Utah's collective bargaining ban

The group collected over 320,000 signatures to get a referendum against HB267 on the ballot. Now the signatures all have to be verified.