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Good Evening VSEA Union Family,

Your VSEA Board of Trustees met this evening to discuss a sensitive issue that has the potential to impact our union. It has come to our attention that the VSEA Corrections unit is being actively pursued for potential decertification from our union.

VSEA stands by and works to support each of our members in every unit, every day. While this news is upsetting, our union is poised to continue to provide the best service possible to all of our members and will fight any attempt of any union that works to fracture us.

In the coming weeks, VSEA will be engaging in meetings with our Corrections members to better assess the situation.

Every member should feel valued and heard, regardless of unit or worksite. Please reach out to your unit executive committees, bargaining teams, steward or Board of Trustees with any comments, questions or concerns.

We are the union, each and every one of us.

In Solidarity,

Aimee Towne

VSEA President

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In Memoriam

• Ann Hastings
   
• Roger Barrows

Upcoming Union Meetings, Events, and Deadlines:

• Special VSEA Addison Chapter Conversation w/ Legislators: May 10
   
• VSHASF Annual Meeting: May 12
   
• Diversity Committee Meeting: May 12
   
• Awards & Scholarships Committee Meeting: May 13
   
• Delta Dental Enrollment Period Ends: May 14

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VSEA is aware that the Freedom Foundation–a well-funded, corporate, anti-union group from outside Vermont–is once again sending emails and letters to VSEA members to promote the group’s anti-union, anti-worker agenda. Each time this group tries to peddle its propaganda here in Vermont, VSEA reminds members that there are so many good reasons for VSEA members to ignore this group’s email and letter.

Here are some resources for members to revisit:

• Real Talk About Changes To Your Union
• What Is Right To Work?
• What You Should Know About The Anti-Worker Janus v. AFSCME U.S. Supreme Court Ruling
• 5 Things You Should Know About The Anti-Worker Janus Case
• Freedom Foundation Facts Website
• AFSCME Video: Freedom. On The Record

VSEA members should have received an email recently, informing you that it is once again open enrollment time for VSEA members who are not currently enrolled in your union’s very popular Northeast Delta Dental Supplemental Program. The VSEA supplemental program is designed to enhance your current State-provided dental insurance benefit. 

This enrollment period is also when members already in the program can amend their number of dependents also using the program, if this number has changed in the past year.

The deadline to enroll in the supplemental dental plan, or amend your current plan, is Friday, May 14, 2021.  

If you are currently enrolled in the plan but are not making any changes, you do not have to do anything.

Learn More About VSEA’s Delta Dental Benefit 

Additional VSEA Insurance Benefits on VSEA.org

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 7, 2021

Learn more or view/download the 2021 VSEA scholarship application here.