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*
For months we were asked to take on additional duties in the medication distribution clinic without proper training or support to prevent prescription errors.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
*Colorado DOC Employees to Highlight Need to Address Staffing Shortages*
The decision of when and if to become a parent is one of the most important many of us will make in our lives. It impacts our ability to pay our bills, continue our education or career, and even take care of ourselves and our families. All of us–no matter where we live, what we look like, or what we do–deserve to be able to make the healthcare choices for ourselves and our families based on accurate, unbiased information, and access to healthcare that fits ours and our families’ needs.
*Legislation Comes After State Employee Union Colorado WINS Negotiated Recognition of the Holiday in First Contract with State*
Today, Senators Toomey and Bennet introduced the State and Local Corrections Officer Retirement Fairness Act of 2022 to require the federal tax code to treat state and local corrections officers the same as their federal counterparts by providing an exemption from a federal tax penalty imposed on early withdrawals from qualified retirement accounts.
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We’ve all watched in horror as Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has played out over the last two weeks. Not only has Russia’s attack on Ukraine created needless suffering and death, but it’s also a blatant attempt to overthrow an independent democracy.
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