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When state employees have a voice, Colorado WINS

Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (WINS) is a union representing more than 27,000 state employees. We work to improve quality of services, safety, pay and benefits, working conditions, conflict resolution, staff attrition and more to ensure an effective workforce to serve all Coloradans.

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When state employees have a voice, Colorado WINS

State Employees Make Colorado Run

From snowplow drivers, to nurses, to firefighters, state employees perform critical jobs that keep Coloradans safe and healthy.


In 2024, we returned to the bargaining table to win bigger and better than ever!

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News

Why fight Medicaid cuts?

June 23, 2025

COWINS has joined the nation-wide fight to stop Medicaid cuts because Medicaid saves lives.

Why fight Medicaid cuts?

COWINS Joins Lawsuit

June 17, 2025

Colorado WINS has been granted Intervenor-Complainant Status in a lawsuit filed by Scott Moss, director of the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics in Colorado’s Department of Labor and Employment.

COWINS Joins Lawsuit

Colorado WINS: Guidance for Protests

June 13, 2025

Colorado WINS often encourages our members to exercise their right of assembly and protest under the First Amendment by participating in community events and protests being organized to safeguard workers’ rights and our democracy.

Colorado WINS: Guidance for Protests
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