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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!
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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VSEA Executive Director Warns Shumlin Administration That Many State Agencies & Departments Already At Breaking Point. Also Reminds That Worker Safety Must Be Addressed.
“There is a massive need for investment in building security, in additional staffing to make sure that patients and children and veterans are safe, and the state employees that take care of them are safe,” VSEA ExD Steve Howard said.
He added that Shumlin who is not seeking re-election in 2016, sends the message [with his level-fund mandate], “We’re going to protect the wealthiest people in the state from paying one cent more.” The governor needs “a little dose of reality."
and really has for quite a while now…
