VSEA’s political endorsement process is in full swing! VSEA members who have previously provided their home email address to VSEA received a link to a non-binding straw poll that will let you advise the Board of Trustees about who you think your union should endorse in five statewide primaries. Voting will be open until 4:30 p.m. on June 6.
> Read Candidates’ Responses To VSEA’s Questionnaire Here
> Read VSEA Legislative Committee’s 2016 Preliminary Recommended Political Endorsements
> Watch Video From The June 1 Montpelier Gubernatorial Candidates’ Forum
> Watch Video From The June 2 South Burlington Gubernatorial Candidates’ Forum
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Please come and join VSEA on the following dates to meet and learn more about the candidates who could be your next boss.
June 1 – Montpelier
Capitol Plaza Hotel and Conference Center
100 State St.
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch will be served
June 2 – South Burlington
Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
870 Williston Rd.
5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Hors d’oeuvres served
> These events will be live streamed on VSEA’s Facebook.
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As employees of the Vermont Judiciary and leaders of the Judicial Unit of the VSEA, we wanted to share this open letter asking Court Administrator Patricia Gabel to address a critical situation facing the Vermont Judiciary. We urge you to contact Ms. Gabel and to tell her to act now to support the 100 Docket Clerks, mostly women, who keep the courts running but earn poverty wages.
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New Approach To Pair Union Reps With Specific Agencies/Departments
VSEA Organizing Director Vinnie O’Connor and Field Services Director Gretchen Naylor announced, via email to all members, that, beginning Monday, May 23, VSEA’s six Union Representatives will now be assigned to specific state agencies and departments, as opposed to regions and territories, which has been the practice.
In case you missed it, here is what O’Connor wrote to members in his email about the change:
Last year, in an effort to provide more targeted, hands-on support for hundreds of state employees working in the Agency of Transportation, a decision was made to assign one VSEA Union Representative almost exclusively to this Unit. The experiment was very successful, and now VSEA leaders want to duplicate its success by making similar Unit/Agency VSEA Union Representative assignments statewide and across government.
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