Why Montpelier’s downtown union drive ended

By James Haslam – Published: July 15, 2005Montpelier Times-Argus For several years, there was a steady flow of calls to the Workers’ Center’s Workers Rights Hotline from workers in downtown Montpelier. All kinds of workers in all kinds of workplaces...

Taking a trip to nowhere

Brian McGroryBoston GlobeJuly 5, 2005 Their journey should have ended far better than it did. Last week, a group of Vermont bristle factory workers who are being dismissed from their jobs with a mere two weeks severance pay decided to come to Boston and make their...

Action to Defend Immigrant Workers in Bennington

By Eesha Williams | Special to the Vermont Guardian BENNINGTON — Three Latino men at a gathering of about 40 supporters in Bennington Thursday said a Pennsylvania-based construction company had refused to pay them for weeks of work. Only one of the men spoke English....

Speech for Iraqi Trade Union Tour (Jonathan Kissam)

By Jonathan Kissam We are living in an era when the United States government, both at home and abroad, has committed itself to defending the fortunes of a very small group of people. The result of this is exorbitant military funding and the substitution of military...