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Sorry for the delay, but here is video of three VSEA retirees testifying April 5 in support of S. 14, the "Fair Share" bill.

On April 4, VSEA members testified at the State House in favor of S.14. 

"For example, Walker’s Act 10, which took effect in July 2011, sharply reduced the take-home pay for almost all of the state’s 350,000 public employees. A typical state employee earning $50,000 lost $4,228 in take-home pay, according to the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau. That’s money drained out of the state’s economy."

Photos from VSEA Vets’ Home members Leona Center and John Dunham’s day at the State House on March 21. During the course of the day, the VVH employees found themselves having to correct several pieces of minsinformation being conveyed to legislators by VVH administrators. One is an allegation of 22 "call-outs" on one day, which administrators say really hampered the VVH’s ability to properly staff that day. However, administrators failed to qualify their comments with the fact that VVH supervisors were advising employees to "call-out on Monday" (the 22-deficiency day) due to the weekend OT (mandatory?) some employees had racked up. Dunham and Carter both continued to stress the need for adequate staffing at the VVH.

"Any given day we have a couple of people who are stuck in an emergency room," said Mary Moulton, the commissioner of the Vt. Department of Mental Health.

$ Red Flag — "Transports and assistance are not a new part of the budget formula for the state department of mental health. But with less room for patients, that portion of the budget ate an additional 33 percent last year, bringing the total to $160,000."