A new proposal at the State House would take all of the State of Vermont’s mental health beds for the sickest Vermonters and put them under the control of the UVM Health Network, creating a gaping hole in the State’s mental health system.
Your fellow VSEA members at the Psychiatric Care Hospital have the best outcomes in the State when it comes to treating these patients. Why on earth would we remove any beds from our overburdened mental health system?
That’s why we need you to take 60 seconds to call (802) 828-2228 and leave your legislators a message asking them to: “Protect Vermont’s most vulnerable patients— Preserve 16 Level I beds at the Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital.”
You can use this easy link to find your legislators’ names. This small step is so important for all Vermonters. Please call now! Thank you for your help!
Before The O’Neill Appointment, The Scott Administration Denied VSEA & Other Unions The Right To Representation On The "Review Panel" To Fill VLRB Vacancies
This is just another huge reason to call or email your Senators today and urge their "no" vote on Karen O’Neill’s confirmation to the Vermont Labor Relations Board. Find your Senator(s) contact information here.
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The charge sets forth a pattern of the State merely going through the motions, engaging in surface bargaining, by making predictably unacceptable bargaining proposals, violating ground rules, insisting on waivers of bargaining rights, and other improper conduct–all with the intent to avoid a negotiated agreement so the contract could be decided by the VLRB at the Last Best Offer stage of the impasse proceedings.
In addition, the Scott Administration used the appointment of a new Board member to gain an unfair strategic advantage during the final stages, withholding information about the appointment and then successfully maneuvering to seat the new appointee the day before the hearing.
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