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Defenders Union of Colorado retweeted
Thrilled @DefenderUnionCO called the push to privatize public defense in Aurora for what it is. I hope there will be strong public stances from the State PD and the private defense bar. If the defense bar stands in solidarity, the office won't go anywhere.
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion…
Defenders Union of Colorado retweeted
Privatizing the Aurora Public Defender’s office is up at City Council tonight. You can sign up to speak in person or sign up online until noon today via this link:
auroragov.org/city_hall/mayo…
@DefenderUnionCO @PDefenselessPod
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A response to the National Public Defense Workload Study:
Clients represented by extremely overworked, ineffective defenders are tantamount to clients standing alone. DUC refuses to accept this status quo. We will do everything in our power to change it. tinyurl.com/mr3uy9pz
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The Cook County Public Defender is launching a Far South Side legal and social services center. blockclubchi.co/3OAC2K2
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Some offices still have not received their new pay letters, according to some reports. Defenders, be in touch if that's the case.
Defenders Union of Colorado retweeted
So thankful for my union rn @DefenderUnionCO
We demanded raises to uplift all Defenders: 🤷♀️
We demanded a voice: 🚫
We demanded transparency: 🚫
We haven't known the salaries we're *currently* working for! Now, 70 days after budget, only after a week of us putting on the pressure...
"The letter email. We got it" ✌️
Interesting timing, to say the least. We're told we're going to learn what our pay has been for going on two weeks sometime tomorrow 🙃 🧐
70+ days since we had our budget
Defenders Union of Colorado retweeted
Me after working my ass off in a rural PD office in remote Colorado, having no idea what my salary is. @DefenderUnionCO
Not having pay tables shared with us after months and months of talk about our desperately needed and years late raises was absurd enough. Now we're into our new fiscal year and don't know our current salaries. We're checking our mail every day. Nothing.
#ShowUsTheMoney
Day 12 of the new fiscal year when new pay scales went into effect and we're still checking our mailboxes and finding nothing. We don't know how much we're earning. We can't plan or budget or make life decisions. Our budget was approved over 70 days ago. #ShowUsTheMoney
Defenders Union of Colorado retweeted
In early budget discussions, it appeared the largest raise would not go to the line PDs or administrative staff that need it most. Instead, the money would be funneled to office leadership.
denverpost.com/2023/02/06/co…
Defenders Union of Colorado retweeted
Worker power for public defenders is essential to our civil liberties.
Defenders have been fighting for fair and equitable compensation for many months. Raises were supposed to go into effect 7/1 with our new fiscal year, but our bosses never put our pay letters in the mail. We don't know what we're earning!
#ShowUsTheMoney
Defenders Union of Colorado retweeted
Day 11 of working with absolutely no idea how much I’m getting paid …
Defenders have been fighting for fair and equitable compensation for many months. Raises were supposed to go into effect 7/1 with our new fiscal year, but our bosses never put our pay letters in the mail. We don't know what we're earning!
#ShowUsTheMoney
As of July 1st, employees of the Colorado Office of the State Public Defender have not known what pay we're working for. We were promised letters explaining the raises we've been organizing for but we can't find them anywhere.
#ShowUsTheMoney