by Media Team | Jul 7, 2007 | News
Stay tuned for more reflections on the US Social Forum from the Vermont Workers’ Center members who went, but for now, here’s a collection of articles written by other people, as well as some videos and photos: ARTICLES:US Social Forum Forges Common...
by Media Team | Jul 2, 2007 | News
On Saturday night, the final plenary of the US Social Forum 2007 was a plenary on workers’ rights in the global economy. Stewart Acuff, AFL-CIO Director of Organizing (who spoke at the Burlington Labor Day parade last year), eloquently detailed the class war...
by Media Team | Oct 26, 2006 | News
UVM WORKERS GET CONTRACT: Thanks for your help!On October 11, members of UE Local 267 ratified a three year agreement guaranteeing all members a minimum wage increase of 4% retroactive to July 1, 2006 and at least 4% in each of the nexttwo years. The contract was the...
by Media Team | Sep 26, 2006 | News
By Mike O’Day, Verizon Employee, CWA Local 1400 You may or may not have heard, but Verizon has put its land-based telephone operations in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine on the auction block. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, the sale could be worth...
by Media Team | Sep 26, 2006 | News
by Kim Lawson, VWC Hotline Coordinator Volunteers on the Workers Rights Hotline answer phone calls from workers who are feel they have been mistreated on the job. We get all sorts of questions. Some questions are asked often and are easy to answer. For example: Q: Can...
