VSEA congratulates 19-year state  employee Dale Whitlock of Middlebury  on being named the 2015 Vermont  Game Warden of the Year. Pictured here  presenting Dale with his award  are Lt. George Scribner, VSEA President  Shelley Martin, the Governor  and F&W Commissioner Louis Porter. 
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Vermont State Employees Association (VSEA) President Shelley Martin  (pictured here in red jacket) was at the State House this morning  to watch the Governor sign S. 72: an act relating to binding arbitration  for state employees and other Vermont workers covered under the State  Employee Labor Relations Act (SELRA). Currently, VSEA members, State  Troopers and UVM employees are the only union workers in Vermont not permitted the right to bargain for grievance arbitration.
  “VSEA members and our union representatives have been telling union  leaders for years that they would like the right to bargain for a  neutral arbitrator to decide grievances, which is why we lobbied so hard  to get S. 72 passed and now signed into law,” explains Martin. "Again, I  would stress that this bill only allows VSEA the right to bargain for  this binding arbitration, and we must now sit down with the State to  make it happen."