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 announced recently, via press release, its list of endorsed candidates in the 2022 primary election
“These are an outstanding group of committed, pro-state employee candidates whom we feel we can rely on to stand with us when the going gets tough,” said VSEA President Aimee Bertrand Towne in the release.
VSEA’s member-driven endorsement process involves multiple stages of review of the elective and legislative history of candidates, and of questionnaires crafted by VSEA members. This round of the union’s endorsements only considered candidates with contested primaries; all other candidates will be considered for endorsement during VSEA’s general election endorsement process later this year.
View List Of 2022 Primary Endorsed Candidates
Sunday, July 17 Is VSEA’s “Day In The Park” For Members & Families!
New Executive Branch And Judiciary Unit Contracts Posted To VSEA.org
VSEA Board Member Will Wells Passes Away
Crisis Averted! Tar Spill Contained!
State Forestry Expert Helping Find New Uses For “Overlooked Species”
Alert! Wealthy, Corporate-Backed Group’s Anti-Union Propaganda Hitting VSEA Members’ Mailboxes
Beautiful Night For VSEA Race Night At Thunder Road
VSEA Members Can Now Join The Hilltop Energy Buyer’s Club!
VSEA’s 2022 Endorsed Primary Candidates
What Does The New Pension Bill Do?
Reminders:
Register Today For VSEA’s 78th Annual Meeting & Preceding Council Meeting
Mark The Date Retirees! Your Chapter’s Annual Meeting Is August 18
Upcoming VSEA Steward And Officer Trainings
Solidarity Stories:
Dodger Stadium Workers Threaten Strike During Next Week’s All-Star Game
Union-Made in America Vacation
300 VA State Workers Resign, Most In Response To Governor’s Telework Policy
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!
Dear VSEA Members and Retirees:
It is with a heavy heart that I write today to tell you that VSEA Board of Trustees member and longtime union activist William Wells has sadly passed away. Will was working as a DCF Benefits Program Specialist in the Burlington office.
Will did so much good for all the Vermonters he served in his 12-year career as a state employee, and his colleagues and the entire VSEA family are mourning his passing. Will wore a lot of hats in his service to VSEA, including representing VSEA’s largest unit on the Board, the NMU, and serving on the NMU’s Executive Committee. He was also a Council member, Steward, and Chapter leader. Most important, Will really cared about his colleagues and all state employees, and he led by example, actively urging others to join him at every turn to fight the good fight. To all those VSEA members and state employees who knew and worked with Will, please lean on one another during this very difficult time. Godspeed Brother Wells. You will be greatly missed.
In Solidarity!
Aimee Towne
VSEA President
Will Wells Remembrance Service: Sunday, July 17