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It’s been widely reported across our state that Vermont’s State Colleges’ system is in trouble due to chronic underfunding by the State and lawmakers. In fact, Vermont is dead last in the nation, with respect to funding for our state colleges’ system.

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 increase VSC 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!!

After a very successful membership-recruitment initiative this past summer, VSEA is excited to announce a new membership drive for the next quarter. Never forget that ongoing recruitment is vital to the strength of your union!

• Members who recruit TWO members will receive a VSEA insulated travel mug;
   
• Members who recruit FIVE new members will receive a dues holiday for a month; and 
   
• Members who recruit TEN new members will receive a check for $50! 
  

Every time you recruit a new member during the designated period, your name is entered into a drawing. Four names will be pulled at random and winners will receive a check for $100.00!

Need a quick reference to help with your recruiting? You can view an informational webpage with some recruitment tips and advice here.

Learn more or download flyers here…

Two Bennington College alumni penned a commentary that posted this week to VTDigger, calling on Bennington College management to come to the bargaining table and negotiate in good faith with its workers; something that hasn’t been the case to date.

From the story:

There is a workers’ rights crisis at Bennington College. Every four years, Service Employees International Union (SEIU Local 200), which represent workers in the buildings and grounds, housekeeping, and dining services departments, bargains with the college over the key issues of health care and wages. Other issues on the negotiating table are holiday time, formalizing job descriptions, and respecting seniority. The negotiation of a union contract, or collective bargaining agreement, involves two committees — one that represents management interests and one that represents the interests of union members.

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