Update 12/3/2019: DCF Commissioner Apologizes For Press Directive To Woodside Workers
Their backs to the wall after the Scott Administration made it known last week that it wants to shutter the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center, DCF management wasted no time emailing VSEA members working at the facility to remind them of the department’s policy about talking with the press–which is not to, without the department’s blessing, of course.
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Members of the VSEA Election, Rules and Nominating (ERN) Committee were at VSEA headquarters on Monday, November 25 to certify the tentative-agreement vote count and announce that members of the union’s Non-Management, Corrections and Supervisory Units have all overwhelmingly ratified a new, two-year contract.
"We’re happy the contract was passed–and by a large margin," said VSEA President Dave Bellini, himself a Corrections employee. "I want to thank the rank-and-file VSEA bargaining team members who negotiated the agreements for all your hard work and time."
Have a question? Please contact a member of your Bargaining Team. You can find Bargaining Team member contact information here.
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Although Vermont is among the top five in the United States for K-12 education funding, Vermont is ranked 50th for state college funding.* VSEA members are standing strong in support of the Vermont State College staff and are demanding a solution to the many years of chronic underfunding.
To demonstrate how much our state colleges mean to Vermonters, VSEA is urging members, retirees, and the public to sign the union’s online petition, which calls on state officials and lawmakers to immediately increaseVSC funding.
SIGN PETITION ONLINE HERE!
Do you want to help collect signatures? Just download the PDF petition here and return it to VSEA HQ. Thanks!!
Did you know? Defined benefit plans are safer and more reliable for Vermont’s retirees & are cheaper for taxpayers than risky, Wall St 401(k)-style plans. Learn more about the differences between defined benefit pension plans and defined contribution pension plans (a.k.a. 401K) here.
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