According to VTDigger, Vermont lawmakers will once again have to scramble in the next few weeks to find millions of dollars in new revenue to balance the budget. Mind you, the Governor built no money into his budget for state employee wage and benefit enhancements, so if VSEA Bargaining Teams can negotiate a deal, that money will also need to be found. VSEA members will remember though that Speaker Shap Smith told the crowd at State House Day that he would be "keeping an eye on the budget as it nears its vote in committee," knowing that the Governor’s budget did not contain any funding.
VSEA members and the union’s legislative team will be watching the budget debate closely in the next few months, praying that cuts to public services don’t once again become the primary vehicle to fund Vermont’s annual budget holes.
There are alternatives. Just ask the Public Assets Institute or the VT Blue Ribbon Tax Commission.
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Gov. Shumlin wants to save money by closing the St J. Work Camp, but workers, advocates and some in the community are fighting back.
Article features the voice of VSEA member Gary Guyer (pictured here) and this astute analysis of the importance of the Work Camp from Criminal Justice Reform Executive Director Suzy Wizowaty:
“The work camps are the best part of corrections," she says. "The idea that we would close the work camp and send more people to a private prison — it’s going from the best to the worst."
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VSEA is applauding the efforts of Game Warden Dana Joyal, and we are very happy he is okay.
Another example of the great work being done every single day across Vermont by game wardens, AOT workers, DCF social workers, public health nurses, water treatment and testing workers, meat and dairy testing workers, corrections officers and all DOC employees…the list goes on and on.
Please support Dana Joyal and thousands of additional Vermont state employees in their fight to negotiate a fair contract with the Shumlin Administration.
Read more from the Burlington Free Press here
Voting 26-2, Senate Passes S. 154! Bill Mandates Stiffer Penalties For Assaulting A DCF Worker
Big step in this important piece of legislation’s journey to becoming a law. Let’s keep the heat on to ensure its passage now in the House!
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