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.
Please direct your questions about how this impacts your particular agency or department to your Department of Human Resources Representative.
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Quote Of The Week!
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UVM Faculty Union Files Formal ULP After Being Left Out Of COVID Planning
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Roller Coaster Week For Pay Act Ends With Year-One Funding
Important Deadlines Approaching!
New Inmates Spark New COVID Concerns For VSEA Members Working In Vermont Prisons
Northern Vermont University Group Announces Proposal For School’s Future
VSEA Brattleboro Chapter Pickets With Brattleboro Retreat Workers!
President Bellini’s Primary Email Account Hacked
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U.S. Ranked Worst for Workers’ Rights Among Major Economies
Group Gives States Failing Grades For Corrections’ Systems’ COVID Response
Hundreds Of Frontline Food Service Workers Dying From COVID
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The Vermont Senate just conducted a roll-call vote on the House amendment to provide state employees with year one of their negotiated wage and step increases. The vote was unanimous in favor of state employees in the Non-Management, Corrections, Supervisory, Judicial and Defender General Units getting the increase in year one of the contract.
The increase now lands on the Governor’s desk for his signature, as part of the overall budget proposal.
The Legislature’s plan reads that it will take up the issue of funding year two of the Non-Management, Corrections, Supervisory, State’s Attorneys, and Judicial Unit contracts at a later date. This could be in the fall, or it could be this coming winter when the new Legislature convenes in January 2021. Either way, VSEA is counting on your continued support in the continued fight for full funding of the negotiated contract.
Nice work VSEA!
What Is The “Pay Act”
The full House voted 133-6 Wednesday afternoon to approve–and forward to the Senate–an amendment introduced two days ago by House Appropriations Committee Chair Rep. Mary Hooper (D-Montpelier) to fund state employees’ negotiated wage and step increases in year one of the contract, beginning July 1, 2020, but not in year two.
The Legislature’s plan reads that it will take up the issue of funding year two of the Non-Management, Corrections, Supervisory, State’s Attorneys, and Judicial Unit contracts at a later date. This could be in the fall, or it could be this coming winter when the new Legislature convenes in January 2021. Either way, VSEA is counting on your continued support in the continued fight for full funding of the negotiated contract.
What Is The “Pay Act”
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