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Want to Win a Trip?

Want to Win a Trip?

TSEA June 23, 2014 Comments Off on Want to Win a Trip?

TSEA’s new membership campaign, Target: Pay Raise, allows everyone an opportunity to win. Over the weekend, TSEA launched Target: Pay Raise, a new membership campaign with a goal of adding [&hellip

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TSEA Hires New Government Affairs Director

TSEA Hires New Government Affairs Director

TSEA June 17, 2014 Comments Off on TSEA Hires New Government Affairs Director

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee State Employees Association has hired former State Representative Randy Stamps as Government Affairs Director. “I had the opportunity to work with Randy for over 10 years [&hellip

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TSEA Announces New Executive Director

TSEA Announces New Executive Director

TSEA May 28, 2014 Comments Off on TSEA Announces New Executive Director

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee State Employees Association today announced John Summers as their new Executive Director. “John has spent his entire career advocating for others with great success and we [&hellip

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Call to Action // UPDATE

Call to Action // UPDATE

TSEA April 4, 2014 Comments Off on Call to Action // UPDATE

Your voice has been heard! Thanks to an enormous response from our members and other efforts by your legislators and TSEA, a bi-partisan group of House members is currently working [&hellip

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Haslam cancels raises, but averts insurance premium increase

Haslam cancels raises, but averts insurance premium increase

TSEA March 31, 2014 Comments Off on Haslam cancels raises, but averts insurance premium increase

NASHVILLE – State employees’ salaries will not be raised this year, but neither will their health insurance premiums, according to Governor Haslam’s budget amendment which will be released Tuesday morning. [&hellip

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Chattanooga State Office Building Temperature Issues Update

Chattanooga State Office Building Temperature Issues Update

TSEA March 14, 2014 Comments Off on Chattanooga State Office Building Temperature Issues Update

Updated as of 3/14/2014: During January’s record-breaking cold, two state office buildings in Chattanooga, managed by the giant Chicago-based company Jones Lang LaSalle (recently rebranded as just JLL), experienced major challenges with their climate control systems. One [&hellip

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TSEA Board Nomination deadline extended one day

TSEA Board Nomination deadline extended one day

TSEA March 3, 2014 Comments Off on TSEA Board Nomination deadline extended one day

Governor Haslam has declared a state of emergency for Tennessee due to severe winter weather conditions moving across our state, resulting in the closing of all state offices as well [&hellip

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Haslam Administration Considering Privatizing State Park Services

Haslam Administration Considering Privatizing State Park Services

TSEA February 27, 2014 Comments Off on Haslam Administration Considering Privatizing State Park Services

Once again, the Haslam administration is floating the idea of privatizing a state service. Recently, the Department of Environment and Conservation issued a Request for Information (RFI), on behalf of [&hellip

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State employees blanket legislative plaza for annual Lobby Day

State employees blanket legislative plaza for annual Lobby Day

TSEA February 21, 2014 Comments Off on State employees blanket legislative plaza for annual Lobby Day

NASHVILLE, TN – TSEA’s 2014 Lobby Day was one of the biggest and most well-attended Lobby Days the organization has seen in recent years. With approximately 200 members in attendance, [&hellip

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Governor gives his State of the State address; 1% raise proposed for state employees

Governor gives his State of the State address; 1% raise proposed for state employees

TSEA February 5, 2014 Comments Off on Governor gives his State of the State address; 1% raise proposed for state employees

TSEA was in attendance Monday as Governor Haslam gave his fourth annual State of the State address to Tennesseans. Under the theme, “Tennessee – America at Its Best”, most of [&hellip

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