Weekly News From Your Union: September 29 – October 3
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Why UVM Staff are Organizing for a Voice At Work
UVM United Staff leader Sarah Goodrich and VSEA Organizer Jen Larsen appeared on Equal Time radio this week to talk about the drive to bring union representation to clerical, technical and specialized staff at UVM.
Click here to listen to the interview.
Public Assets Group Warns of Possible Job and Service Cuts
Ominous blog post for state employees by the Vermont non-profit group Public Assets. Includes this sentence from statute:
“The state budget should be designed to address the needs of the people of Vermont in a way that advances human dignity and equity.”
As any current state employee will tell you, more job cuts will completely obliterate this sentiment. Instead of state employees and services always being on the menu, maybe it’s time to begin a serious discussion about ways to generate additional revenue.
In this election season, educate politicians running for state and local office about the reality where you work. Can your office afford more cuts?
Click here to read the full post.
Congratulations Vermont State Housing Authority!
VSEA is sending big congratulations to members belonging to the union’s Vermont State Housing Authority Unit. Yesterday, the votes were tallied, and the VSHA Unit overwhelmingly voted in favor of a new contract.
Click here to read VSEA’s press release.
Help Improve vsea.org! Take A Quick Survey!
In the coming months, VSEA’s Communications team will be devoting time to redesigning the VSEA website, making it cleaner and more user friendly. In advance of sitting down to begin the redesign process, VSEA’s Communications team is asking members to please take a few minutes to complete an online survey about VSEA’s current site and about what members want in a new site. VSEA is also interested in learning what websites appeal to you and why, and what websites aren’t so appealing and why.
Please click here to take the VSEA website survey. Thanks in advance for your participation.