• Yearly wage increases totaling more than 45% in cost-of-living and step increases since 1990.
• Improved health benefits, comprehensive dental insurance including benefits for domestic partners.
• A 30-year/no penalty retirement plan with five-year vesting.
• Enhanced mental health benefits.
• Double-your-salary life insurance.
• More paid holidays than 49 other states.
• Time-and-a-half overtime benefits for over 4,600 employees.
• Guaranteed maternity/paternity and adoption leave.
• A strong grievance procedure to guarantee your rights.
• Layoff (RIF) rights.
• Protection from polygraph exams and drug testing.

Our strength lies in our numbers and the important work that we perform for the Vermont public. The stronger VSEA is, the more successful we can be in our efforts to win better wages, benefits, and working conditions.