VSEA’s Week In Action Newsletter: May 10, 2019

Photos: Top: DOC member Karen Marchant poses with the VSEA coffee mug she recently earned by signing up five new members to her union, as part of a union-wide membership recruitment drive happening right now.
 
Bottom: St. Albans DCF ESD workers stand together with their colleagues across Vermont to oppose any cuts to their service and their staff.
 

Top Stories This Week:

Read the entire newsletter here!

Download Print Edition (PDF)

Subscribe to Week In Action here!

VTDigger Reports On Senate Budget Proposal To Cut 12 DCF ESD Case Managers. VSEA Continues To Fight Ill-Advised Move

From VTDigger story:

In response to a reduction in demand for Reach Up, one of Vermont’s key social services for low-income families, legislators are proposing to cut 17 of the program’s state-funded caseworkers in the next fiscal year.

The budget passed by the Senate this week eliminates 12 caseworker positions in the Department for Children and Families, and five at the state’s parent child centers — a network of nonprofits that provide services to families with young children.

Continue Reading Here…

1 145 146 147 148 149 404