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Representative Assembly Tentative Agenda, 2017

Representative Assembly Tentative Agenda, 2017

TSEA June 1, 2017 Comments Off on Representative Assembly Tentative Agenda, 2017

TSEA’s 43RD ANNUAL REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 15-17, 2017 COOL SPRINGS MARRIOTT FRANKLIN, TN The schedule below is tentative and subject to change. A final agenda will be available for all [&hellip

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State employees endorse Julie Byrd Ashworth  for House District 95

State employees endorse Julie Byrd Ashworth for House District 95

TSEA May 18, 2017 Comments Off on State employees endorse Julie Byrd Ashworth for House District 95

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Employees Action Movement endorses Julie Byrd Ashworth, D-Collierville, for House District 95. “Working to elect candidates who support state employees is an important goal for TEAM-PAC, [&hellip

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Update on Privatization at Mountain View Youth Development Center

Update on Privatization at Mountain View Youth Development Center

TSEA May 18, 2017 Comments Off on Update on Privatization at Mountain View Youth Development Center

In early April, the Department of Children’s Services signed a contract with out-of-state private security provider G4S to privatize Mountain View Youth Development Center. However, there is a serious problem [&hellip

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TSEA attends RIF meeting at GVDC

TSEA attends RIF meeting at GVDC

TSEA May 18, 2017 Comments Off on TSEA attends RIF meeting at GVDC

The Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities held Reduction in Force meetings for the final closure of Greene Valley Developmental Center on April 19 and 20, 2017. Two TSEA staff [&hellip

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Important TSEA Member Information

Important TSEA Member Information

TSEA May 18, 2017 Comments Off on Important TSEA Member Information

R.A. Delegate Registration Deadline Thursday, May 25 TSEA’s 2017 Representative Assembly is less than a month away! Chapter members should be making plans to attend the 43rd Annual RA, scheduled for [&hellip

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Is facilities management outsourcing about something bigger than Tennessee?

Is facilities management outsourcing about something bigger than Tennessee?

TSEA May 18, 2017 Comments Off on Is facilities management outsourcing about something bigger than Tennessee?

Haslam pushes invulnerable outsourcing plan through system By Chris Dauphin TSEA Communications Director [email protected] Not surprisingly, amid what seemed like daily rebukes from TSEA, state legislators, and other interested parties, [&hellip

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TDOC Update

TDOC Update

TSEA May 18, 2017 Comments Off on TDOC Update

The recent series of events affecting the lives of officers working within the Tennessee Department of Correction has TSEA very concerned about officer safety within the department. In early April, [&hellip

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NextGen IT chooses insourcing over outsourcing

NextGen IT chooses insourcing over outsourcing

TSEA May 18, 2017 Comments Off on NextGen IT chooses insourcing over outsourcing

After several failed state IT projects, Strategic Technology Solutions, formerly the Office for Information Resources, in 2013 decided they would invest in state IT employees through professional training and development [&hellip

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No Bids Received For Fall Creek Falls Outsourcing Proposal

No Bids Received For Fall Creek Falls Outsourcing Proposal

TSEA May 11, 2017 Comments Off on No Bids Received For Fall Creek Falls Outsourcing Proposal

The Times Free Press reported today that Gov. Haslam’s proposal to outsource at Fall Creek Falls state park received no bids.  This means state employees will continue to operate the [&hellip

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Budget passes including Pay-For-Performance raises for state employees

Budget passes including Pay-For-Performance raises for state employees

TSEA May 10, 2017 Comments Off on Budget passes including Pay-For-Performance raises for state employees

The legislature this week passed the 2017-2018 state budget which includes funding for pay-for-performance raises of three percent for those with evaluation scores of valued, advanced, or outstanding. Employee evaluations [&hellip

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