VSEA applauds governor’s decision to build a 25-bed facility
“VSEA and its VSH caregivers thank the Governor for listening to the House and to the sound, professional advice he was getting from doctors, nurses and all the other mental health experts,” said VSEA President John Reese.
VSEA issues survey: 50 percent of employees say working conditions worse, post-Irene
68% of employees have longer commutes than before Irene. These workers are driving an average of 42 miles more each day
Shumlin administration to lay off 80 Vermont State Hospital workers
Duffy said there are several hundred job openings in the agency, and she hopes to place as many state hospital workers as possible in positions there before the April 13 layoff deadline.
VSEA adds 17 probate registers to union
“VSEA and its Judicial Unit welcome our new probate members, and we look forward to the fresh workplace and contract insight they will most certainly bring to the rest of their brothers and sisters in the Judiciary,” said VSEA President John Reese.
Findings contained in DOC report shed new light on difficult situation confronting DOC employees when dealing with Vermont’s most severely mentally ill offenders
For immediate release Feb. 7, 2012 Contact Doug Gibson Phone: (802) 223-5247 Through a recent public records request, the Vermont State Employees’ Association (VSEA) obtained a copy of a January 18, 2012, Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) report titled “Raising the Bar: Improving Resources for Care and Custody of the Severely Impaired Offender Population Of Vermont.” The [...]
Shumlin, VSEA reach tentative agreement
If members ratify the deal, state workers will receive a 4 percent increase over two years and the 3 percent pay cut would be restored.
Vermont State Employees’ Association welcomes new executive director
Today, the Vermont State Employees’ Association (VSEA) welcomed its new executive director Mark Mitchell, who comes to Vermont from San Francisco where he worked most recently as a Labor Representative for the California Nurses Association (CNA). Mitchell succeeds Jes Kraus, who left the VSEA earlier this year to take a position at the University of Vermont.
VSEA urges Shumlin to replace state hospital
If Vermont doesn’t move ahead with plans to replace the state hospital, it will join Rhode Island as the only other state without a taxpayer-subsidized psychiatric hospital.
LeVasseur: Vermont State Hospital should remain short-term option for patient care
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Eric LeVasseur of Colchester, a Vermont State Employees Association member and an employee at the Vermont State Hospital. I am writing this as a VSEA union member, an activity therapist at the Vermont State Hospital, a concerned Vermonter and a taxpayer. I felt the need to write a response [...]
Alliance between Shumlin, VSEA frays
VSEA members miffed by administration’s handling of pay cuts, hiring freeze, double-time grievance and state hospital closure.
