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Woodland Hills YDC may move to New Vision in 2017
The National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe program may soon expand to Tennessee. The Tennessee Department of the Military recently filed an application to bring the Youth ChalleNGe program to Nashville. If [&hellip
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TSEA meets with prison auditors
On Tuesday, TSEA met with American Correctional Association Executive Director Jim Gondles, ACA consultant and former Massachusetts Corrections Commissioner Luis S. Spencer, and ACA auditor and former Secretary of the [&hellip
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Employees Accepting the VBP with a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy – Payments Held Up and Sent to Trustees
TSEA received telephone calls starting on Tuesday from members who accepted the Voluntary Buyout Program (VBP) and also were on a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy repayment plan. Those who accepted the [&hellip
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NEWS RELEASE // TSEA: Third party should study privatization
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 2, 2015 Contact: Chris Dauphin Phone: (615) 256-4533, 800-251-8732 [email protected] TSEA: Third party should study privatization NASHVILLE – The Tennessee State Employees Association today is calling [&hellip
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Senate Corrections Subcommittee special hearing on TDOC
Earlier today, TSEA addressed the Senate Corrections Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government regarding the ongoing issues in TDOC and concerns for staff safety. Subcommittee Chair Senator Ed Jackson [&hellip
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NEWS RELEASE: TSEA calls for repeal of the 28-day cycle
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee State Employees Association today is calling for the repeal of the 28-day work cycle within the Tennessee Department of Correction. The 28-day schedule allows TDOC under [&hellip
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Pay our correctional officers more than Wal-Mart’s retail associates
One of the factors contributing to ongoing high turnover in the Department of Correction is low pay for correctional officers. During Monday’s special House State Government committee meeting, TDOC Commissioner [&hellip
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Focusing on Correction
My brothers and sisters in the Department of Correction, TSEA has heard your overwhelming concerns arising from recent changes within your department and are working diligently to help fix the [&hellip
Read More »TSEA meets with TDOC Commissioner Schofield
NASHVILLE – Yesterday, TSEA met with Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Derrick D. Schofield, Deputy Commissioner Chuck Taylor, HR Director Lisa Patton, Asst. HR Director Debby Dolan, Special Assistant Richard [&hellip
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President Merritt on yesterday’s tragedy in Chattanooga
Our thoughts and prayers go out to our brothers and sisters in Chattanooga. Yesterday was a sad day in Tennessee history. A terrible act by one resulted in the deaths [&hellip
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