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28-day work schedule’s days are numbered
Correction Commissioner Tony Parker responds to questions about his decision to move away from the controversial schedule NASHVILLE – After almost three years operating under the 28-day work schedule, the Tennessee Department of Correction
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Chancellor Young rules state must release public records on Fall Creek Falls privatization effort
Haslam appointee Chancellor Bill Young ruled this week that the state must publically release records associated with the unsuccessful privatization effort at Fall Creek Falls. The ruling came out of a lawsuit filed by
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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 delegates upon registration at
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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, which is why we
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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 with the property’s deed
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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 members, Jo Ann Davis-Davis
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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 June 15-17, 2017 at
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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, both Governor Haslam’s massive
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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, three officers were stabbed
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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 instead of outsourcing their
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