CDOC Ratification Starts Today!
January 31, 2023
Members in CDOC came to a Tentative Agreement with their department for better safety, staffing, and employee wellness measure. Read all about it!
CDOC Case Managers fixed their new pay scales! Learn how they got it done.
January 13, 2023
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!
President Skip Miller explains EDI for state employees
January 5, 2023
Skip Miller hits back on the claim that our union "doesn’t really give a fig" about equity for state employees.
Members have ratified their new Agreement with CDHS!
December 6, 2022
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!
KRDO: DOC Employees Face Tragedy Due to Short Staffing
November 28, 2022
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.
WINS members won Step Raises in bargaining. Here’s what you need to know.
November 17, 2022
State employees successfully won Step Raises in bargaining and ratified them into our contract. We aren't done yet, though!
Colorado WINS Pushes Back on DOC Retention Bonuses
October 7, 2022
Hilary Glasgow spoke with 9 News on Thursday about the need to find long-term solutions to the short staffing crisis.
Colorado WINS on Biden Administration’s Student Debt Discharge
August 26, 2022
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:
Tragedies in DOC from Short Staffing Crisis
July 26, 2022
Earlier this month DOC workers, their friends and families had tragedy strike their community several times.
WINS Responds to Supreme Court Decision overturning Roe v. Wade
June 25, 2022
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.
Colorado WINS Members Celebrate Juneteenth
June 23, 2022
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.
**State Employees Celebrate a Successful 2022 Legislative Session, Funding for Contract to Address Understaffing, Pay Inequities, and More**
June 9, 2022
*Lawmakers Funded State Employee Union Colorado WINS’ First Contract With the State, Including 3% Cost of Living Adjustments & a Study to Address Pay Inequities*
Grand Junction Nurses Secure a Pivotal Victory
June 8, 2022
I became a nurse because I love caring for patients, making a personal connection with my clients, and helping those who are sick manage their pain and health. But at Grand Junction Regional Center we were stretched so thin, nurses like me couldn’t ensure proper care for our patients.
Legislative Wrap Up Includes Big Wins for State Employees
June 7, 2022
The end of the 2022 Legislative Session is here! This session lawmakers operated with a historically large budget to fund state services thanks to work by WINS members to win federal relief dollars for our state. Great work political committee!
Colorado WINS Celebrates Pride Month
June 7, 2022
As state employees, we’re working hard to make sure our state services are delivered equitably to every Coloradan, no matter what they look like or who they love.
Colorado WINS Calls for CDPHE to Follow Scientific Language and Guidance Regarding Monkeypox
May 31, 2022
In a recent press release from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Safety which sought to update the public on a new case of monkeypox in Colorado, officials stated that “men who have sex with men” are at higher risk. This is a misleading phrase that may guide the public to believe this disease may only be spread between gay men.
WATCH: Colorado Department Corrections protest
May 23, 2022
Black, white, and Brown, state employees in every department deserve to go to work in a job that values our safety, has predictable working hours, and be treated with respect.
Colorado WINS Calls for an End to White Supremacy and Anti-Blackness
May 16, 2022
This weekend we were devastated by the news of a gunman who deliberately sought outand killed 10 Black people shopping for themselves and their families at their local market. As public employees in Colorado, where a similar incident in a grocery store just recently happened, we will not stand for this.