To the Editor:
You might have heard a radio ad by the Ethan Allen Institute targeting public sector workers. The ad encourages public workers to drop their union. I’m a public worker. I’ll be sticking with my union, and you should too.
Those of us lucky enough to be part of a union know that if we don’t stick together, we all suffer. Workers without unions can expect lower pay, worse benefits, and few workplace protections. Decades of evidence has shown us that weakening unions drives income inequality. Working people today are more productive than ever, but they’re taking home less of what they earn. That’s because wealthy oligarchs have spent decades eroding our collective bargaining rights. Without strong unions, workers make and bosses take.
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“VSEA Day 2019 at Fenway” has been scheduled and the bus will be headed to Fenway Park on Saturday afternoon, June 8, to see the Red Sox battle the Tampa Bay Rays, starting at 1:00 p.m. The cost is $111 per person, which includes a bus ride to and from the park, as well as a ticket to the game.
Order tickets or learn more here!
Each spring, the VSEA Awards & Scholarship Committee solicits scholarship applications from VSEA members and their spouses, dependents and domestic partners. The application process is easy, requiring the applicant to write a couple of short essays as well as provide a grade history, employment history, personal references and a few other things.
All applications received before May 8, 2019, will be reviewed by Committee members, who will then decide from among all this year’s eligible candidates who is awarded a 2019 VSEA scholarship.
Winners will be announced at the VSEA Council’s June 2019 meeting.
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S. 156 seeks to resolve contract negotiation disputes, using an arbitrator mutually selected by VSEA and the State.
Under existing law, the Governor gets to select the jury, meaning the members of the Vermont State Labor Relations Board.
S. 156 is PROSPECTIVE in nature and will apply to contract negotiations that begin in August. It won’t interfere with the existing contract.
Last year, Karen O’Neill was not confirmed by the Senate because even though she was appointed to fill a "neutral" position on the board, she in fact had strong management background.
However, the damage was done.
The contract which she voted to imposed on state employees set back precedent 40 years.
Please, contact your Democratic Senators and urge support for this legislation when it comes up in the Democratic caucus on Wednesday at 8 a. m.
Messages for your Senators may be left with the Sargent At Arms 802-828-2228.
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