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"The audit identified several problems in how the state records, reviews and prevents workplace injuries and said in many cases, the culprit was inadequate staffing. An office devoted to workers’ compensation and injury prevention has two safety coordinators, even though a 2003 study recommended the state have five to eight. Hoffer said those positions could pay for themselves by preventing future claims."

This Just In: State Hospital Nurse Assaulted While At Work

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.