Author: VSEA

A commentary in Sunday’s Free Press by Millard Cox calls the paper’s go-to Economist Art Wolff out for always blaming state employee and teacher pension plans for dragging down Vermont’s economy. He concludes:

"Labor unions in the private and public sectors have done more to increase the economic power of working people than any other historic factor, and the current levels of wealth inequality in America are directly related to the demise of unions over the past 60 years."

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Letters should have arrived by now in the mailboxes of VSEA members, announcing the open enrollment period to participate in your union’s very popular Delta Dental Supplemental Plan. The enrollment period is also when members already in the program can amend their number of dependents also using the program, if this number has changed in the past year.  

All enrollment forms are due back to VSEA by Friday, May 12, 2017.  

Note: If you are already taking advantage of this benefit, and you have no changes this year to your coverage, you do not need to send back a new form, as you will be automatically renewed. 

Find information and an enrollment form here!

Every year, the VSEA Awards & Scholarship Committee solicits scholarship applications from VSEA members and their spouses, dependents and domestic partners. The 2017 scholarship applications are now available online, and VSEA students who are seeking financial assistance this year in the pursuit of post-secondary educational goals can download one here.

Deadline For Applications Is May 8, 2017!