VSEA’s Week In Action Newsletter: June 5, 2020

VSEA members and staff remotely provided pro-Pay Act testimony this week to members of the House Government Operations Committee

This Week:

VSEA Members Will Receive Negotiated July 1 Pay Increase

VSEA Members Testify On Pay Act

VSEA Board Passes Three Resolutions Of Note This Week

BGS Posts New Form To Report Workplace Incidents

VSEA Members Urged To Complete COVID-19 Experience Survey

COVID-19 Delays State’s Corrections Investigation

Not Funny! Motorist Throws Large Pickle At AOT Member

DCF Commissioner Retiring

Quote Of The Week!

AFSCME Burlington City Workers Conducting Picket On Tuesday

Colorado Senate Passes Bill To Grant State Workers Collective Bargaining Rights


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VSEA Board Issues Formal Statement On Death Of George Floyd

At Tuesday’s VSEA Board of Trustees’ meeting, trustees voted to pass a resolution for the union to issue the following statement on the death of George Floyd:

“VSEA stands in solidarity with George Floyd’s family. We demand justice for George Floyd. We demand an end to unnecessary violence at the hands of police who have sworn to serve and protect. Our union stands with the Black Lives Matter movement.”

VSEA’s Week In Action Newsletter: May 29, 2020

Throwback to 2007, when Vermont would allow state employees release time from work each Green Up Day to go out and help with clean up efforts. This group of state employees is pictured, reporting for duty at the Middlesex AOT garage. May 30 marks Green Up Day’s 50th anniversary. 

This Week:

SAO Employees Reach Tentative Agreement On First-Ever Union Contract!

May 30 Is Green Up Day!

Reminder! COVID-19 Agreement Extended Until June 6

VSEA Members Urged To Complete COVID-19 Experience Survey

VSEA Strategic Analyst Talks Budget On WDEV’s Equal Time Radio

Campaign To Save Vermont’s State Colleges Continues! Keep The Heat On!

National Group Continues To Seek Mask Makers

AFLAC Insurance Enrollment: Sign Up Through VSEA!

Quote Of The Week!

California Prepared To Reassign State Employees To Be COVID Contact Tracers

Feds Push Back Against COVID-19 Worker Protection Standard

Commentary Makes Three Arguments For States Getting Help From The Feds


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VSEA’s Week In Action Newsletter: May 22, 2020

This Memorial Day, VSEA Remembers Those Who Sacrificed Everything​

This Week:

State’s “Skinny” Budget Calls For 8% Cut

COVID-19 Agreement Extended Until June 6

Youth Escapes Prompt Move Back To Woodside

VSEA VSC Unit Chair Pens Letter To Editor

Campaign To Save Vermont’s State Colleges Continues! Keep The Heat On!

National Group Seeks To Unite Mask Makers

AFLAC Insurance Enrollment: Sign Up Through VSEA!

Quote Of The Week!

VT AFT President’s Commentary Calls For Increased Investment In Vermont Nursing Programs

National AFL-CIO Sues Federal OSHA, Seeking Worker Protection Standards

Minnesota State Workers Fighting To Ensure They Receive Negotiated Raises

The Economic Reality Facing All 50 States


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VSEA’s Week In Action Newsletter: May 15, 2020

This Week:

State Announces Procurement Of Two Cloth-Masks For Every State Worker

Chittenden Regional Employee Tests Positive For COVID, Prompting Testing Of All Workers & Inmates There

VSC Board Chair Cautiously Optimistic About System’s Viability–In The Short Term Anyway

Campaign To Save Vermont’s State Colleges Continues!

Delta Dental Supplement Plan Announces July Premium Holiday

Vermont NEA Conducting Child Care Survey. VSEA Members Invited To Participate

Green Up Day Is May 30!

AFLAC Insurance Enrollment: Sign Up Through VSEA!

Quote Of The Week!

Amid Pandemic, Hospitals Lay Off 1.4M Workers In April

One-Third Of COVID-19 U.S. Deaths Are Nursing Home Workers Or Residents


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