DCF FSD Workers Urged To Complete Revised Safety Survey

September 8, 2015  1:28 pm

In light of the recent tragedy in Barre, labor team members of the DCF Family Services Division’s Labor/Management Committee are requesting that all DCF FSD employees please revisit and complete a revised safety survey concerning your job duties. While many employees did fill out a similar survey earlier in the summer, your team members are requesting that everyone take a few moments to fill out the revised survey, providing as much detail as possible. 

Please respond no later than September 11, 2015. The survey can be accessed by clicking here.

VSEA Members Invited To 2015 Burlington Labor Day Event/BBQ

September 2, 2015  4:27 pm

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Working Vermonters and labor activists are gathering in Burlington on Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 7) for a celebration/barbecue, featuring speakers, musical performers and the official launch of a new worker friendly advocacy organization called Rights and Democracy.

The event begins at 2:00 p.m. In Burlington’s Battery Park, and it ends around 6:00 p.m. VSEA is proud to be an event co-sponsor.

Hope to see you there!

State Content To Ignore Warnings, Ordering Management To Level Fund In FY2017

August 31, 2015  2:22 pm


Last week, the State circulated a memo to Department and Agency heads, ordering them to level-fund their FY2017 budget requests. An August 27 Times Argus story on the memo quotes Secretary of the Administration Justin Johnson writing, “Although Vermont’s revenues are projected to increase moderately for the fiscal year, we continue to experience fiscal pressures that will make it challenging to craft a responsible budget within available revenue.” In an additional directive, Johnson reminds about the impending retirement of 300 state workers to address an FY2016 budget hole, warning management that only 25% of those jobs are being backfilled and that “This may require your agency or department to scale down or eliminate programs that cannot operate without the necessary personnel. The final decision on which positions will be refilled rests with the secretary of administration.”

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