With state employees staring at a mandate to somehow find $5-$10 million for the State, VSEA members are urged to share this Governor Shumlin meme far and wide. Remind Vermonters that employees genuinely thought the switch would produce the Governor’s stated savings, but it didn’t–and that’s through no fault of state employees. Remind Vermonters that the $10 million would have covered the amount the State now wishes to extract from employees.
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In May 1887, 25 proud Vermont veterans were the first to pass through the doors of our state’s only designated veterans’ care facility, the Soldiers’ Home—or as we now know it, the Vermont Veterans’ Home (VVH).
Since opening, the Home and its caregivers have provided a bed and top-level care to thousands of Vermont heroes in a safe and welcoming environment, but a recent ill-advised vote by the VVH’s Board of Trustees could soon reduce the number of beds at the facility from 171 to 130, meaning there may not be a bed available in the near future for a deserving Vermont hero.
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The 5,500 members of the Vermont State Employees Association (VSEA) are united and determined to fight back against the Shumlin Administration’s budget proposals targeting state employees and announced in the Governor’s annual budget address.
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Only a week into the 2015 legislative session, and VSEA members are already at the State House, lobbying lawmakers to save the DOC’s Community High School and the critical service it provides daily to help Vermont offenders learn and enhance their job skills.
VSEA is hoping that a bill the union drafted to raise the eligible age of offenders who can use the High School from 23 to 40 will help save the facility, the service and the jobs.
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