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This Week:

VSEA President Dave Bellini Announces Retirement. Resigning From Presidency

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• Special Election – President

State Mask Mandate Begins August 1

Registration Materials Being Emailed Soon To Attend VSEA’ s 76th Annual Meeting At Jay Peak

VSEA Zoom Council Meeting

NMU Bargaining Team & Executive Committee Looking To Fill Vacancies

VSEA Announces Primary Election Endorsements

Chapter Annual Meeting Schedule To Date

State Colleges Seeking Increased Funding In Upcoming August Legislative Session

VSEA Woodside Members Are Angry About  Recent Press ReportQuote of the Week!

California Child Care Providers Win Historic Union Election

AFL-CIO’s Executive Pay Watch Group Predicts A Surge In CEO-To-Worker Pay Gap, As Result Of COVID

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This Week:

VSEA’ s 76th Annual Meeting Being Held At Jay Peak

Important COVID Survey Emailed To Corrections Members!

VSEA Members Sound Alarm About Past Reports Of Elevated Levels Of Uranium In Drinking Water At Middlesex Temporary Mental Health Facility

Important July 31 VSEA Council Meeting Being Conducted, Via Zoom

Save The Date! NEK/St. Johnsbury Chapter Annual Meeting Is August 19, Via Zoom

Save The Date! Barre Chapter Annual Meeting Is August 26, Via Zoom

VSEA Mourns Goldie Watson’s Passing

Corrections Finally Saying Goodbye To Centurian. Backfilling With Lowest-Bid Contractor. Why Not State Employees?

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Study Finds Cutting Budgets During Economic Crisis Exacerbates Income Inequality

Nurses Rally In D.C. For Proper PPE To Combat COVID

New Study Highlights Ways Employers Try To Thwart Union Organizing

VSEA Mourns Death Of Longtime Activist MaryJoanne “Goldie” Watson

VSEA is mourning the death of longtime leader and activist Goldie Watson, who passed away July 9, according to a post to the VSEA Council Facebook page. Goldie worked most of her career at the old Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury, where she served her union in just about every capacity there is, including Board member, Council member, Chapter President and many more but,, most important, Member/Retiree Organizer.

To quote VSEA First VP Aimee Towne on the Council page, “Rest in Power, Goldie.”

This Week:

State Refuses To Extend COVID-19 Side-Letter Agreement With VSEA

VSEA Judiciary Unit Members’ Activism Leads CAO To (Finally) Investigate Court Manager’s Alleged Racist Remarks

Now Is The Time To Send A Letter To Secure Funding For State Colleges!!

Vermont State Colleges Unit Ratifies One-Year Extension Of Current Contract

Next Week’s Steward Training Being Conducted, Via Zoom

State Ethics Commission Seeks Public Input

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The COVID-19 Side Letter Agreement between the Scott Administration and VSEA​’s Executive Branch Units is set to expire on July 4th. The VSEA remains agreeable to extending the COVID-19 Side Letter Agreement. I am writing to let you know that, at this moment, the State has not agreed. The Administration has said it is not inclined to extend the COVID-19 Side Letter Agreement in its current form. VSEA believes that the provisions of the current Side Letter are as important and relevant now as they were when first agreed. Today, VSEA again requested that the Administration reconsider and agree with VSEA to extend the current COVID-19 Side Letter Agreement. We await the response.

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