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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?
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
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
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
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
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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TGA members signing joint chamber letter to halt outsourcing
Sen. Steven Dickerson and Rep. Bob Ramsey are working together to gather signatures of General Assembly members on a joint chamber letter urging the Office of Customer Focused Government to [&hellip
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Officer safety in question at TDOC
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. According to a news release [&hellip
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Haslam administration chooses JLL for state-wide outsourcing contract
Yesterday, the Haslam administration announced JLL as the winning bidder for their controversial state-wide facilities management outsourcing contract. The Haslam administration’s continued push to outsource state jobs is disappointing to TSEA. TSEA is also [&hellip
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Lobby Day 2017 Recap
This year’s Lobby Day was a very busy day for TSEA. Several of our bills were heard in legislative committees, a few budget hearings took place, we presented on the TEAM-ACT, and, [&hellip
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