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There is a joint worker/State committee (Safety & Health Maintenance Committee) that meets quarterly to discuss any and all safety and health issues in Vermont state offices or leased properties. Together, the two sides try to come up with ways to address the problems/issues and then formally present their idea(s) to the Governor’s office or other appropriate entity.

At yesterday’s meeting, a document was distributed that identified the top five state agencies and departments in terms of the total number of worker safety & health claims made from August 1, 2016, to June 1, 2017.

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One of the best ways to get involved in your union is to run for elected office. VSEA is now accepting petitions for the Officer and Board of Trustee positions listed here!

Learn More About VSEA’s Election Process Here

Governor Scott made good today on his threat to veto the budget submitted to him by lawmakers, despite the budget being balanced and containing no new taxes (both demands Governor Scott made of lawmakers, and they obliged).

It appears Governor Scott is prepared to hold Vermont’s
nearly unanimously passed budget (1 vote against) hostage just so he and his team can score political points at the expense of Vermont teachers. As some would say, "Sad."

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Seven Days reports this morning that the Scott Administration is directing agency and department heads to cut their annual budgets by 2 to 4 percent.

VSEA Executive Director Steve Howard correctly comments that, "[VSEA] think[s] state government is not adequately funded as it is now."

Let’s hope that tax fairness is part of the General Assembly’s plan to negate the need for another of these Administration-led, austerity-budget exercises.

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In a Brattleboro Reformer column/VTDigger post, Columnist Richard Davis takes aim at Governor Scott playing last-minute politics with teachers’ health care, writing, in part:

"But [Phil] Scott has become a different political person since he has assumed the role of governor. He has thrown the word compromise out of his political lexicon and he has shown an unwillingness to negotiate. Scott also has been showing a near total disregard for the political process."

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