We won a historic contract with the Board of Regents in Spring of 2025, the first base wage raise above the arbitration threshold since Iowa laws changed in 2017. There’s plenty of more work to do!

Above: COGS rallied at the Iowa Memorial Union in February 2025 before the first contract bargaining session. Below: Members march to the office of the university president in January 2025 and deliver letters asking for a 25% wage increase.