The largest bargaining unit in the Vermont State Employees Association has ratified a contract calling for 2.5 percent pay increases in each of the next two years.
The non-management unit, which represents 5,000 state employees, and the Defender General unit, which represents about 20 workers, voted overwhelmingly in favor of the contract with the administration that runs July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2016, VSEA President Shelley Martin said in a news release.
‘VSEA is extremely pleased that our members belonging to the union’s Defender General and Non-Management Units have voted in large numbers to ratify new contracts with the State,’ Martin said. ‘The NMU vote is especially gratifying because this Unit is VSEA’s largest, representing a very diverse group of workers across Vermont, many of whom have competing interests or different priorities.’
The votes follow similar approvals by the union’s corrections, supervisory and state colleges’ unit, VSEA said.
Source: vtdigger.org
Two VSEA bargaining units approve new contract
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