Dear Judiciary Unit Members:
Here’s an update on our bargaining progress.
Right now, we are busy making preparations to take our bargaining proposals to fact-finding.
Fact-finding is scheduled for Thursday, May 5. It will take place at the VTrans Training Center in Berlin.
We are working with our VSEA support staff to decide the key proposals we will present at fact-finding and develop the arguments we’ll be making to support them.
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While the Shumlin Administration is publicly rebutting today’s announcement by the Vermont 9-1-1 Emergency Board that the Department of Public Safety (DPS) wants privatize its two remaining Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) in Rockingham and Williston, the Vermont State Employees’ Association (VSEA) is not taking any chances and will be moving forward to develop a plan to thwart any effort to privatize the remaining PSAPs.
Less than a year ago, DPS ignored strong public outcry against two proposed PSAP closures (led by frontline dispatchers, first responders and many in law enforcement) and went ahead and shuttered the Rutland and Derby PSAPs. The closures displaced dozens of seasoned state employees, much like the closing the Williston and Rockingham PSAPs would.
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