Labor Union

Colorado WINS

Website:

www.coloradowins.org/

Location:

Pueblo, CO

Tax ID:

37-1573609

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(5)

Budget (2011):

Revenue: $4,781,674
Expenses: $4,115,663
Assets: $1,398,489

Type:

State Labor Union

President:

Skip Miller

Executive Director:

Hilary Glasgow

Budget (2023):

Revenue: $5,548,396
Expenses: $4,876,390
Net Assets: $3,651,882

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Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (Colorado WINS), also known as AFT/SEIU Local 1876, is a left-of-center labor union representing approximately 27,000 state employees in the state. The union is an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the AFL-CIO. The union was formed in 2008 and has had collective bargaining powers since 2020 after the state legislature passed a law to designate Colorado Wins as the collective bargaining agent for state employees. The union negotiates on behalf of all covered employees regardless of whether they pay dues or not, and the union takes 1.5% of covered employees’ pay as dues unless employees opt out. 1 2 3

Background and History

Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (Colorado WINS) was formed in 2008 as a partnership between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the AFL-CIO. From the time of its founding until 2020, state employees in Colorado had no collective bargaining powers. In 2022 the union signed its first agreement with the State of Colorado when Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed an agreement that raised the minimum pay for state employees to $15 an hour, as well as provided paid family leave and promised to cap the cost of healthcare premiums and other benefits. 4

The law allowing state employees to collectively bargain, known as the Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs and Services Act (the Partnership Act) allowed the union to “represent all covered State employees and permits them to engage in collective bargaining with the State” regardless of whether employees pay dues to the union. Under the law, the state is required to share the personal information of each covered state employee to Colorado WINS unless the employee opts out of having their personal information shared. 1

Most state employees who participate in the state employee retirement system are “covered” by the union and the Partnership Act. Non-covered employees who are exempted from Colorado WINS’s union agreement include confidential employees, managerial employees, executive employees, administrative law judges, hearing officers, state troopers, legislative branch employees, and temporary employees. 1

Activities

Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (Colorado WINS) advocates left-of-center state-level policies including expanding union benefits and higher pay for union employees. The group also advocates for left-of-center policy issues including increased abortion access. 5

During the 2024 presidential election, Colorado WINS supported a ballot measure that would codify the right to abortion in the state constitution while overturning the state-level ban on public funds for abortions. The group also opposed a measure that would have codified school choice in the state constitution, claiming that school choice programs divert funds from public schools, and opposed measures diverting funds to law enforcement for “peace officers,” and increasing time served from 75% to 85% before being eligible for parole and removing earned time incentives for early parole for violent offenders. The group further argued that such a measure “…would create more hazardous conditions in prisons and make working conditions for correctional officers in CDOC even more dangerous.” 5 The group also opposed a ballot measure implementing ranked choice voting (RCV) in all-party primaries in the state. 5

References

  1. “Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs & Services Act.” Colorado Division of Human Resources. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://dhr.colorado.gov/about/labor-relations/colorado-partnership-for-quality-jobs-services-act
  2. “Colorado-WINS.” Opt Out Today. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.optouttoday.com/co-wins-classified-state-employees
  3. “About.” Colorado WINS. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.coloradowins.org/about/
  4. Bloom, Matt. “Colorado raises hourly minimum wage to $15 for state workers to help fill vacancies.” CPR News. November 19, 2021. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.cpr.org/2021/11/19/colorado-minimum-wage-state-workers-employees/
  5. “Endorsements.” Colorado WINS. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.coloradowins.org/endorsements/
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Nonprofit Information


Available Filings

Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
2011 Dec Form 990 $4,781,674 $4,115,663 $1,398,489 $345,118 N $0 $3,797,094 $0 $0 PDF

Additional Filings (PDFs)

Colorado WINS


Pueblo, CO