by Media Team | Jul 5, 2006 | News
by Traven Leyshon, VWC Member On May 30th, leaders and activists from Vermont labor and community-based organizations met at the Vermont State Employees Association headquarters to craft an action campaign to build a powerful grassroots, labor-led movement for health...
by Media Team | Jun 26, 2006 | News
To Vitaliy Pristupa, an immigrant from the Ukraine looking for a job, it seemed like a reasonable deal at the time. A private school bus company would train Vitaliy so he could receive a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) at no cost, in exchange for Vitaliy’s promise...
by Media Team | Jun 26, 2006 | News
by Traven Leyshon, VWC Member On April 29th, Vermont union members joined the largest labor antiwar contingent ever in New York City. The spirited 15,000-20,000 trade union contingent came from across the country. Altogether, 350,000 people joined the March for Peace,...
by Media Team | Jun 26, 2006 | News
by: Katherine NopperLiving Wages–An Issue of Human RightsTwo years ago, a handful of students recognized a problem at the University of Vermont. Amidst major overhaul, both in terms of new building projects and progressive visioning over UVM’s future, conditions for...
by Media Team | Apr 4, 2006 | News
Burlington Free Press , Friday, March 31, 2006By Jill Fahy, Free Press Staff Writer A group of University of Vermont students, staff and labor rights activists rallied on campus Thursday to demand better wages and working conditions for university workers and...
