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VSEA Remembers: This Memorial Day 2018, VSEA President Dave Bellini and the VSEA Board of Trustees are proud to join with all VSEA members and retirees to honor VSEA members, Vermonters and all Americans who have died while serving our nation in the Armed Services.

Top Stories This Week:

• ALERT! No Reply Yet To VSEA May 21 Letter To State, Asking It To Return To Negotiating Table To “Reset The Collective Bargaining Relationship”
• Monday’s WDEV Debate On Karen O’Neill Confirmation Does Nothing To Bolster State’s Argument She Qualifies As "Neutral"
• U.S. Supreme Court Issues First Of Two Expected Anti-Worker Decisions. Vermont Group Calls For State Response
• Member’s Challenge Forces DOL To Revise To Policy Governing Information Disclosure
• Editorial Highlights VT State Colleges’ Ongoing Funding Crisis

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On WDEV, VSEA Executive Director Steve Howard debated former Green Mountain Power Executive Steve Terry on the Senate’s recent vote to oppose Karen O’Neill’s confirmation to the VLRB as a "neutral." Terry recently penned a commentary that labeled the Senate’s rejection of O’Neill’s confirmation as "shameful." Obviously, VSEA and nearly all of Vermont labor disagrees with Mr. Terry’s viewpoint–as did the Senate.

Terry said little to strengthen O’Neill’s case, and he did not appear to understand the process to nominate individuals to the Review Panel, saying he believed the DOL Commissioner’s one call to an IBEW official sufficed.

VSEA’s case was supported on air by Rep. Paul Poirier, who dropped into the WDEV studio to add his analysis and by longtime labor leader Stephen Finner, who calls in near the end of the debate.

What’s your takeaway from this debate VSEA? Howard vs. Terry begins at 59:56 – Listen Here

They Are Okay, But, Tragically, Their Pets & All Belongings Were Lost.

UPDATED! GoFundMe page now active for Monique and Tiffany.

Just a week after posting about a VSEA Corrections Officer losing his home and pet in a tragic fire, VSEA was saddened to learn that, this past Sunday, longtime State Colleges’ member and activist Monique Prive lost her pets and all her belongings when a house where she was a tenant burned to the ground in West Burke. Monique’s daughter Tiffany also lost all her belongings.

VSEA State Colleges’ Unit Chair Sandra Noyes has been in contact with Monique and she says she is grateful for any help VSEA members and retirees can offer.

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