Community High School of Vermont educators are at the State House today to testify in front the House Education Committee. They will be continuing to make the educators’ case not to severely cut the program’s funding, while also urging lawmakers to to help them ensure the program is being fully utilized.
VSEA members are urged to call the Sergeant At Arms (802-828-2228) today and deliver this simple message to members of the House Education Committee (listed here): “I am a state employee. No cuts to the Community High School of Vermont. Thank you.”
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VSEA members working at the beleaguered Vermont Veterans’ Home in Bennington are actively promoting "Call-In Day To Save the Vermont Veterans’ Home" on Friday, March 6.
The ask is simple. On March 6, please call the Governor’s office at 802-828-3333 and the Sergeant at Arms at 802-828-2228 to leave a message for your local lawmakers, both House and Senate. Let these folks know we MUST continue to serve our veterans by keeping the Vermont Veterans Home open!
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VSEA Legislative Committee Chair Dr. Leslie Matthews and Executive Director Steve Howard led a press conference at the State House to roll out VSEA’s alternatives to the Governor’s cuts-only strategy that is failing Vermont year after year. VSEA’s announced plan includes four concrete avenues to generate new revenue for Vermont, and as Matthews and Howard said, "the Governor has said often that he is open to any and all ideas to prevent more cuts to services and jobs, and today we are here to present some new ideas. Hopefully, the Governor and lawmakers will listen and work with VSEA and the supporting groups here today to change the debate in Montpelier and ask the Vermonters who have benefited most during Vermont’s economic downturn to do more."
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