Advocacy for Virginia State Employees

Stronger With You!

The VGEA is the voice of Virginia’s employees and retirees:

  • Professional lobbyists work to support or oppose legislation that affects our state employees and retirees
  • The VGEA team develops and cultivates relationships with key administration leaders throughout the year
  • The VGEA advocates for, protects, and improves pay, health care benefits, retirement security, and workplace safety

Throughout our history, the VGEA is proud to have achieved many legislative victories that improve life today for our state employees and retirees.

VGEA Priorities

Pay

Pay for State employees is one of the core tenets of the VGEA’s mission reflected in our annual Legislative Priorities. The Commonwealth has stated employee compensation goal is to provide a total compensation package that is comparable to the private sector and the State’s peers. We continue to advocate for competitive compensation for the Commonwealth’s workforce.

Healthcare

Health care for State employees is also a core tenant of the VGEA’s mission. The VGEA works with the Department of Human Resource Management (DHRM) to ensure high-quality health insurance plans are negotiated that benefit active employees and retirees.

Workplace Protection

The VGEA has increasingly expanded its role in matters related to workplace protection. We provide advice, and act where necessary, to protect the workplace rights of state employees whether they are violated through discriminatory actions, misinterpretation or misapplication of state personnel policies and rules, or an unjust regulation or law.

Retirement

The VGEA’s founding purpose was to establish a retirement plan for State employees who devoted a lifetime to public service. For over 60 years, the VGEA has worked to improve and protect the retirement benefit for State employees. Our efforts have led to an increase in the retirement benefit multiplier, a regular cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that is pre-funded, a reduction in the employee contribution and the establishment of a matching deferred compensation plan.

Learn more. Contact us at info@vgea.org or ask a question at vgea.org/contact.

Working to Keep Virginia Working

VGEA is the only statewide organization for the broad range of Commonwealth employees.

While there are more than 160,000 of us working in a vast array of professions and jobs, we unite in a desire to be recognized for our dedication to making Virginia a great state.

In short, The Commonwealth of Virginia works because we do!

Whether it’s increasing salaries, improving work conditions or any of the many other employee issues, VGEA is here to help address them all. A strong association with representative members is recognized and invited to decision-making tables in state government. We strive to be relevant, from the 21-year-old new employee to the 100-year-old retiree.

Every employee benefits from the experience and dedication VGEA brings. VGEA matters because you matter!

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