We stand with our parent unions SEIU and AFT against attempts to hinder the work of creating equity in higher education. CO has been swift to protect rights when SCOTUS doesn't, thanks to the efforts of working people. Let's keep that precedent going.
COWINS members have been responding to a recent staffing plan at The Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo (CMHHIP). This plan changes shifts, job assignments and days off for hundreds of employees.
The same week that COWINS members submitted their intent to bargain with the CSU system, we stood in solidarity with grad workers and faculty that are also working to make CSU an employer of choice.
Yesterday, Governor Polis signed the state budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 into law. It is one of the single largest investments in Colorado public services in living memory.
Thanks to members' vigilance in enforcing our contract, CDLE (and all departments with similar practices) must cease and desist from applying departmental policies that violate Article 14.3.
Our Tentative Agreement with the Department of Corrections has been ratified as an addendum to our Partnership Agreement.
Members in CDOC came to a Tentative Agreement with their department for better safety, staffing, and employee wellness measure. Read all about it!
Late last year, CDOC Case Managers identified that the state had designated their pay scale incorrectly. Thanks to their organizing efforts, they’ve found a solution!
Skip Miller hits back on the claim that our union "doesn’t really give a fig" about equity for state employees.
On December 17th, members in CDHS ratified their Tentative Agreement with the Colorado Department of Human Services. This Agreement addresses staffing ratios, payroll corrections, and more!
As vacancies at State Correctional Facilities continue to rise, DOC employees are continuously asked to fill the gaps left by department policies. These dangerous conditions are now responsible for the death of DOC employees.
State employees successfully won Step Raises in bargaining and ratified them into our contract. We aren't done yet, though!
Hilary Glasgow spoke with 9 News on Thursday about the need to find long-term solutions to the short staffing crisis.
Denver, CO—Colorado WINS, the union representing over 23,000 state employees issued the following statement after the Biden administration made key decisions on student debt:
Earlier this month DOC workers, their friends and families had tragedy strike their community several times.
Today the Supreme Court, led by extremists, overturned the right of people to choose how and when to have children. Colorado WINS soundly denounces this decision. We support–and have supported from the very beginning–equal rights for people of every color, class, and religion to make their own decisions about their healthcare, based on accurate, unbiased information and unfettered access to quality, affordable healthcare.
On Saturday, June 18th, state employees marched in the Juneteenth Music Festival and parade in honor of the newest state holiday, Juneteenth. Together in Five Points with the Black community who have been celebrating there for years without official recognition, we honored Black people’s unique contribution to justice in our society.
*Lawmakers Funded State Employee Union Colorado WINS’ First Contract With the State, Including 3% Cost of Living Adjustments & a Study to Address Pay Inequities*
