The union representing Vermont state workers has reversed a vote its board took last week to fire its executive director.
The union has now placed him on paid leave while an investigation is done.
The Vermont State Employees Association board voted last week to dismiss executive director Mark Mitchell. But union President John Reese and others objected, and the board had another emergency session yesterday.
The union says that at that session, the board preferred an investigation to outright dismissal of Mitchell. The union says the investigation is expected to take a month.
