VSEA has produced a webpage and flyer that explains how the Task Force’s pension legislation impacts state employees. Please share this information with your colleagues who may not have seen it.
View the webpage or download the flyer here!
VSEA is sending heartfelt condolences to the friends, family, and co-workers of VSEA members Kevin Cyr and William Drude. Both passed away recently.
Kevin Cyr was a nine-year state employee who worked as an electrical inspector in the Department of Public Safety’s Williston office.
William Drude was a 19-year Corrections employee who worked as a Community Corrections Program Supervisor in the Bennington office.
VSEA thanks these members for their dedicated service to Vermonters. You will be missed.
Primary Over, VSEA Begins General Election Work
Monday Is The Deadline To Submit Petition To Run For NMU Board Seat!
Springfield Chapter Hosts “Union Appreciation Day”
Retirees Chapter Holds Annual Meeting. Officers Elected
Correction To “12 Employee Groups File RFRs” Story
Register For Annual Meeting Today!
Members Can Sign Up For AFLAC Through VSEA!
VSEA Members Can Now Join The Hilltop Energy Buyer’s Club!
Reminders:
New Executive Branch And Judiciary Unit Contracts Posted To VSEA.org
What Does The New Pension Bill Do?
Upcoming VSEA Steward And Officer Trainings
Solidarity Stories:
PBS Reports: Cities & States Can’t Find Workers To Fill Many Key Jobs
Labor Leaders Say Underfunding At Federal Agency Has ‘Reached Crisis Stage’
Starbucks Employees Document Employer’s Anti-Union Retaliation
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VSEA is pleased to invite all VSEA members and retirees to participate in your union’s 78th Annual Meeting!
This is VSEA’s most important meeting of the year because it’s where an operating budget for the new fiscal year is adopted, proposed changes to bylaws governing union business are debated and voted up or down, and members from across state government, as well as retirees, meet as one body to discuss current union-wide fights, educate each other about our worksite-specific or Unit issues and determine next steps, if any.
This year’s VSEA Annual Meeting and September Council Meeting (one day prior) are both being offered in-person and online. For members attending in person, both meetings are being held at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, located at 36 College Street in Montpelier.
To determine how much food to order for the in-person meetings, please let VSEA know in advance whether you will be attending this year’s Annual Meeting and/or Council Meeting in-person or online, via Zoom. Once registered, VSEA will send the Zoom link and call-in information prior to the meeting to those who opt to participate online.
September VSEA Council Meeting
Friday, September 9, 2022
VSEA 78th Annual Meeting
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Register For Either Meeting Here!
See Also: 2022 VSEA Annual Meeting Warning
With the VSEA Central Vermont Chapter’s support, VSEA Member Jonathan Goddard participated in and completed the grueling Harpoon Point-to-Point Race on August 6! The race raises money for the Vermont Foodbank.
Congratulations to Jonathan (especially given the heat!), who was surprisingly re-energized enough by week’s end to pen an excellent, first-person account of the race.
Goddard begins:
Arriving at Bragg Farm early last Saturday morning to begin the 100-mile route of the Point to Point ride to benefit the VT Foodbank, I was filled with excitement and anticipation having ridden a century a few years prior, yet fully aware of the challenge ahead. As the other thirty or so riders made their final preparations; pumping tires, grabbing one last cup of coffee and looking over the assortment of energy bars, carbohydrate goos, gels, and breakfast sandwiches spread out on a long table and trying to decide which to stuff in the back pockets of their jerseys, Kip from Onion River Outdoors, made some last-minute shifting adjustments to my bike. As is often the case at local cycling events and races, he and his staff provide technical support both at the start and at various rest stops located along the route to riders that experience a “mechanical” issue or other equipment mishaps that inevitably occur as riders test their mettle and bikes.