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What’s Happening At The State House?

VSEA & Treasurer Pearce Advance Pension Proposal For Group G

Care For Vermont’s Justice-Involved Youth Now In The Hands Of An Unnamed Private Contractor

Corrections Unit Facility Employees Receive Survey Results

DHR Agrees To One-Week Extension Of Recruitment & Retention Benefit For Corrections Unit & Corrections Supervisory Unit Members

Scholarship Application Deadline Is May 13

VSEA Diversity Committee Seeking Additional Members

Deadline To Apply For A Child Or Elder Care Reimbursement Is April 15!

Sign Up For AFLAC Through VSEA!

Reminders:

2022 VSEA Executive Branch Unit Steward Trainings

Dues Clarification

Download Your Contract On VSEA.org!

Solidarity Stories:

Educators Serving Vermont’s Highest-Need Students Seek to Unionize

NLRB Official Wants To End Mandatory Meetings

Starbucks Now Firing Union Leaders

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April 5 – April 8, 2022

Throughout the legislative session, VSEA’s Legislative Department will be providing a schedule of committee meetings of interest to VSEA members and retirees. Due to the pandemic, meetings are all done by Zoom.

Here is this week’s VSEA meeting-of-interest schedule.

Link to find any legislative committee’s live stream page.

Note: Sometimes a meeting will start late, or won’t stream live for one reason or another, but visit the committee’s page a few hours afterward to see if the meeting you were interested in has now posted for viewing.

The VSEA Awards/Scholarships Committee is currently soliciting applications from students seeking financial assistance in the pursuit of post-secondary educational goals.

The Committee will announce the recipients of the scholarships at the June Council Meeting.

Deadline: 4:30 p.m. on May 13, 2022

Learn more or view/download the 2022 VSEA scholarship application here.

After Senate Passage Today, VSEA’s Favored Pension Bill Now Moves To The House

Important Group G Pension Plan Meetings On Monday!

Corrections Unit Members Testify About Staffing Crisis

VSEA Diversity Committee Seeking Additional Members

Three Top Corrections Officials Departing

Deadline To Apply For A Child Or Elder Care Reimbursement Is April 15!

What’s Happening At The State House?

Reminders:

2022 VSEA Executive Branch Unit Steward Trainings

Scholarship Application Available Now!

Dues Clarification

Download Your Contract On VSEA.org!

Solidarity Stories:

Bloomberg Video News Reports: Labor Pushes Back

Staten Island Amazon Warehouse Employees Could Soon Be The Company’s First-Ever Unionized Workers

New National Survey Of Public Health Employees Points To Coming Workforce Crisis

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From the VSEA Legislative Team, monitoring the State House:

This afternoon, the Vermont Senate voted 28-0 to advance S. 286, the bill that codifies the recommendation of the Pension Task Force, at its second reading. The bill will now have its third and final Senate reading tomorrow. During today’s second reading, Senator Randy Brock of Franklin County offered an amendment that would have introduced the option of a defined contribution, 401(k)-style plan as an alternative to defined benefit plans for State employees. That amendment was defeated on a voice vote.

More tomorrow!