by Media Team | Jun 24, 2008 | News
Traven Leyshon, Workers’ Center Coordinating Committee member and President of the Central Vermont Labor Council, interview with Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Fernando Gapasin on their new book, Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path Towards...
by Media Team | Jun 16, 2008 | News
At its 10th Anniversery Celebration in the Old Labor Hall, the Vermont Workers’ Center officially launched the Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign, a new major statewide grassroots organizing campaign to change what is “politically possible” for healthcare...
by Media Team | May 5, 2008 | News
Livable Wage Victory for Burlington Food Service & Custodial Workers:Burlington, VT – After a three and a half year campaign, Burlington school food service and custodial worker of AFSCME Local 1343 won an agreement that will bring its all of its members up to a...
by Media Team | Apr 30, 2008 | News
A couple of weeks ago, VWC leader Jonathan Kissam sat down with the Radio Africa crew to discuss worker rights, protections, and advocacy campaigns. With limited English and lack of legal awareness, Vermont’s African-born community members are some of...
by Media Team | Apr 28, 2008 | News
Hello, thanks for joining us here tonight. Even though I feel I’ve told my story a thousand times, I will continue to tell it until I make a difference. I started at Specialty Filaments in 1983 at the age of 18. As a union member, I had good pay and excellent...