VTDigger reports that the State’s goal to convince 300 state workers to take a retirement incentive has fallen short by some 80 workers, which could prevent the State from achieving the savings it desired. Digger also reports that AOT will have the most workers taking advantage of the incentive.
Read the full story on VTDigger.org here.
2015 NMU Bargaining Team Updates
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In this week’s issue:
VSEA’s NMU Team Forced To Bargain In The Press After Shumlin Administration Goes Public Because The Team Dared To Exercise Its Legal Right To Request A Mediator.
VSEA members belonging to the Non-Management Unit (NMU)–or the union’s largest Unit–were extremely disappointed to read details about their Team’s contract bargaining in the press yesterday.
"A dispute over nurse work schedules has the Vermont Veterans Home and the Vermont State Employees’ Association looking for a mediator.
The Vermont Veterans Home Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to seek out a mediator to reach a compromise between the Home’s administrators and the union, which represents the Home’s nursing staff. In the meantime the current method of scheduling will remain in effect."
