One of the best ways to get involved in your union is to run for elected office. Currently, there are three VSEA Board of Trustees District seats up for election. Day-to-day matters are overseen by the VSEA Board of Trustees who dedicate their time to managing the internal affairs of VSEA and assuring that VSEA policies are adhered to. The VSEA Board of Trustees meets at least once per month. Learn more about how your union is structured here.
To be eligible to run for one of the District Trustee positions you must reside in, or have an assigned workstation in one of the districts listed below:
District 1 – Barre & Central Vermont
District 2 – Waterbury & Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital
District 5 – Rutland & Bennington
Any members interested in running for election are required to submit a petition bearing no fewer than 25 VSEA members’ names, signatures, and employee numbers by Wednesday, June 1, 2022!
VSEA Executive Director, Steve Howard, shares another legislative update from the Vermont State House. VSEA is encouraging members to continue calling the Governor at (802) 828-3333, or e-mailing him using this link! Tell him you want him to support both the pension bill and the State budget. A deal is a deal.
VSEA Executive Director, Steve Howard, shares this week’s legislative update from the Vermont State House. VSEA is encouraging members to continue calling the Governor at (802) 828-3333, or e-mailing him using this link! Tell him you want him to support both the pension bill and the State budget. A deal is a deal.
VSEA members and retirees are cheering today’s loud “yea” voice vote by House members to pass the Task Force’s Pension Proposal. Today’s vote comes after the bill’s third reading and follows yesterday’s 144-0 vote to pass the bill on its second reading. The bill now moves back to the Senate to “concur” and once that happens (which is expected) it will be sent to the Governor for his signature, veto or silence (which would mean passage).
“I was very pleased to see S. 286 get voted out of the House today,” says VSEA President Aimee Towne. “It has been a long year-and-a-half defense of our defined benefit plan, and I applaud the way VSEA members and retirees have engaged in this fight at every level. It’s why we are where we are today.” She continues, “It is heartening to see such strong tri-partisan support for the Task Force proposal. Now, given these pretty clear, one-sided votes, I trust Governor Scott will now end his veto threat and sign this important legislation.”
Towne adds, “I want to extend a tremendous amount of gratitude to those who participated in the Task Force work for all these months.”
