State's attorney's employees vote overwhelmingly to unionize

Employees in Vermont’s state’s attorney’s offices overwhelmingly voted to join the Vermont State Employees Association Friday morning. The deputy prosecutors, victim advocates and secretaries voted 59-12 in favor of the unionization.

The employees — numbering 110 across 14 counties — had been discussing unionization for several years, leading up to a December 2018 vote by the VSEA Board of Trustees to proceed with an election.

“This is really great news for the OSA workers, and I applaud them for their decision to band together as a unit to work with VSEA to get the wages, benefits and working conditions they want and deserve,” VSEA President Dave Bellini said in a statement.

Bellini said the VSEA will now begin the bargaining process to get the new members a “fair and just” first contract that addresses their key concerns, and gives the workers a voice in day-to-day operations like caseloads, staffing and allocation of resources.

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