Members of the VSEA Election, Rules and Nominating (ERN) Committee officially certified a recent vote by members of the union’s Executive Branch Units (Corrections, Non-Management, and Supervisory) to ratify tentative contract agreements with the state of Vermont. The new two-year agreements are effective July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2024.
The new agreements now await funding by state lawmakers.
VSEA recently said goodbye to the union’s current Clerk, whose departure created an immediate need to fill the position. If you are elected, your term would begin at the completion of the election and run through September 2023.
Here is a position description
February 15 – February 18, 2022
Throughout this 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.
Monday Is Deadline For Executive Branch Unit Members To Vote On Tentative Agreements!
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April 1 Deadline To Submit Bylaw Changes
Final VSEA Legislative Zoom Dinner Is Next Wednesday Night! Topic: Staff Shortages
Upcoming VSEA Council Meeting Dates
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Scholarship Application Available Now!
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Two Years After Executive Branch (EB) Unit members got a bill passed to provide for binding arbitration of contract disputes for EB members, the State Colleges, and Municipal Public Safety, Governor Scott signed legislation yesterday granting binding arbitration to VSEA Judiciary Unit members.
The legislation ensures that the Judiciary Unit members’ contract will now be decided by a truly neutral professional, rather than by a Board appointed by the governor.
“This is a great win for VSEA early in the session,” says VSEA Communications Director Doug Gibson. “It levels the playing field for VSEA’s Judiciary workers, who have been speaking out loudly against Judiciary management being able to manipulate the bargaining process by dragging negotiations out to last best offer.”