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AFT Vermont urges changes to state labor process, seeks protections for part‑time faculty
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Heather Reamer of AFT Vermont told the House Committee on General & Housing that the union seeks reforms to the Vermont Labor Relations Board, fixes to unemployment determinations for part‑time faculty and recognition of strike rights for public higher‑education employees.
Heather Reamer, executive director of AFT Vermont, told the House Committee on General & Housing on Jan. 29 that her union seeks changes to how the Vermont Labor Relations Board handles representation and dispute resolution and to unemployment rules that affect part‑time faculty.
Reamer said AFT Vermont represents about 10,000 members in the state, mostly in public higher education and health care, and that the union has grown in recent years. "My name is Heather Reamer. I'm executive director of AFT Vermont," she told the committee. Reamer said many of the union’s members are covered by the National Labor…
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