President Hooper’s Message To Membership About Gov’s $12 Million Announcement
VSEA President Bob Hooper’s response to Gov. Shumlin’s Request For $12 Million From State Employees
In Putney, Boiler Issue Sends 11 School Kids/1 Adult To Hospital
A majority of the boiler incidents/accidents in VT over the past decade have been in schools. VSEA members have been voicing their concerns about the State no longer conducting boiler inspections for just as long.
Longtime State Employee & VSEA Activist Terry Lefebvre Talks On VT Edition About Transitions
Terry tells VT Edition that state employees are hopeful this governor will respect employees and not treat them simply as drains on the state budget.
Great Job Terry! You articulate most employees’ thoughts very well!
UK Editorialist Baffled By America’s Backlash On Public Sector Unions & Not Bankers Or Wall St.
"Yet, as America continues to search for solutions to its economic problems, it is the labour movement, and not the banking sector, that is getting it in the neck. This is despite the fact that many unions, especially in such cases as the bailout of Detroit’s automakers, have proved themselves highly flexible in sacrificing wages and long-held workers’ rights in order to preserve jobs."
3% Pay Cuts, Pension Fixes In 2007, Etc. Etc.
Robert Reich Strongly Blasts Attack On America’s Public Sector Employees
"Public servants are convenient scapegoats. [The GOP] would rather deflect attention from corporate executive pay that continues to rise as corporate profits soar, even as corporations refuse to hire more workers."
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"Most public employees don’t have generous pensions. After a career with annual pay averaging less than $45,000, the typical newly-retired public employee receives a pension of $19,000 a year. Few would call that overly generous."