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Representation

Partnership Agreement Disputes

Partnership Agreement Disputes (PADs) are how we address potential violations of our union contract. The PAD process must be initiated within 20 business days of an incident occurring. For more information about the timeline for filing a PAD, click here.

Any employee covered by the Partnership Agreement is eligible to file a PAD if they believe the Partnership Agreement has been violated. To access the Level I and Level II PAD forms, click here.

Grievances

Grievances are how we address potential violations of the State Personal Board Rules. Grievances must be initiated within 10 calendar days of an incident occurring. For more information about the timeline for filing a Grievance, click here.

Any State Classified Employee is eligible to file a Grievance, regardless of their coverage status under the Partnership Agreement. For more information about filing a Grievance, visit the State Personnel Board's website.

Representation Policies

Colorado WINS provides representation to individual employees according to the union’s Representation & Arbitration Policy. COWINS representatives for meetings with supervisors, human resources, appointing authorities, investigators can be expected to follow these general provisions.

What your representative can do:

What your representative cannot do:




Terms of Representation Services

  1. Represented client must respond to the representative’s communications in a timely manner. Five days without phone response or three messages without response is cause for termination of representation.
  2. COWINS staff and volunteer stewards make a good faith effort to fully and respectfully represent clients under the terms of this agreement and the Representation & Arbitration Policy. COWINS staff and volunteer stewards are not expected to subject themselves to verbal abuse, harassment, or threats from clients. Violations of this expectation or of the COWINS Code of Conduct is cause for termination of representation.
  3. A terminated client may appeal their termination for cause under item 1 or 2 of these terms to the COWINS President.

Representation Fees in SPB Cases

  1. There is a flat monthly fee for representation in Grievances pertaining to the State Personnel Board Rules. All fees for representation are waived for members in good standing at the time of the incident. The fee is $400 per month.
  2. Non-members will be invoiced each month for any fees incurred. Non-payment may be cause for termination of representation.
  3. The first month’s fee for non-members is due at the start of the representation.
  4. Fees for new members will be waived starting the month subsequent to their first dues deduction.

NOTE: The $400 fee does not cover additional costs related to representation at State Personnel Board Hearings, which are distinct from other grievance meetings related to the State Personnel Board rules.

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Access further information regarding union representation.

Request Representation

Click here to create a copy of the request form for representation in a PAD, R6-10, or SPB Grievance.

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COWINS Policies

Click here to read the full manual of union policies created by the Colorado WINS Executive Board.

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PAD Forms

Access the Level I and II forms to file a Partnership Agreement Dispute (PAD).

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State Personnel Board Rules

Read the State Personnel Board Rules that cover rules and procedures for employees within the State Classified System.

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