VSEA’s Week In Action Newsletter: July 16, 2021!

VSEA Day At The Races At Thunder Road Is Big Success

Pension Benefits, Design, and Funding Task Force Meeting Overview

Vermont State Colleges Unit Ratifies One-Year Contract Extension, Including Some Modifications

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August 2 Deadline For Eligible Members To Cast Your Ballot In District Board Of Trustee Elections

Next Week’s Union Meetings and Events:

Quote Of The Week!

VT Teachers & School Board Reps Headed To Fact-Finding On Health Care

Unionized NNE Consolidated Communications Workers Vote To Authorize Strike


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Pension Benefits, Design, and Funding Task Force Meets

The newly formed Pension Benefits, Design, and Funding Task Force met again last week to begin trying to reach a consensus on how best to address the state employee and teacher pension plans’ unfunded liability. The task force is the Legislature’s response to massive pushback from VSEA and NEA members after the State Treasurer introduced several unacceptable proposals to deal with the unfunded liability. VSEA and NEA members also came out strongly against an initial proposal about who would sit on the task force, saying it favored management. The blowback caused the proposal to go away and be replaced with one that leveled the playing field for workers. VSEA has two rank-and-file representatives on the task force, Leona Watt and Eric Davis.

VSEA members and retirees can watch the task force meetings held to date by clicking on the link below. The task force meets next on July 22.


Link To Task Force YouTube Page

VSEA’s Week In Action Newsletter: July 9, 2021!

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July 15 Is VSEA Race Day At Thunder Road!

Pension Benefits, Design, and Funding Task Force Meets

VSEA Corrections Delegation Meets With Governor To Discuss Emergency Situation

VSEA Council Sends Solidarity Message To VSEA Corrections Members

VSEA Board Also Sends Statement Of Support To Corrections Members

Courts Reopen But Employees Say Problems Remain

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August 2 Deadline For Eligible Members To Cast Your Ballot In District Board Of Trustee Elections

VSEA Officer Petitions Due July 13, 2021

Upcoming Union Meetings and Events:

Quote Of The Week!


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VSEA Board Sending Statement Of Support To Corrections Members

The VSEA Board of Trustees met today and more details about last week’s meeting between VSEA Corrections members and Governor Phil Scott were discussed, followed by the Board voting to send the following statement to members:

“The VSEA Board of Trustees supports and stands by its members working in the Department of Corrections and the people they serve. We value the expert work they perform in the most demanding and challenging of settings and will continue to advocate on their behalf to immediately address:

1) Chronic understaffing

2) Mandatory overtime and double shifts

3) Inconsistent policies/standards among facilities and field offices

4) Recruitment and retention issues

5) Unsafe working conditions

All state employees deserve safe working conditions, to protect them and those that they serve.

Our union, the VSEA, stands with you.”

VSEA Board of Trustees

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