by Media Team | Dec 23, 2005 | News
Many thanks to Workers Center members who rallied in support of the 170 Barre teachers during their eleven day strike. We know that unionized firefighters, municipal employees, state employees, electrical workers, UVM and state college employees — and of course...
by Media Team | Dec 21, 2005 | News
Shay TottenVermont GuardianDecember 21, 2005 BURLINGTON — A panel of legislative and ecumenical leaders heard testimony from dozens of Vermonters about the challenges they face with low pay, a lack of job security, no health care for their families, and how many...
by Media Team | Dec 14, 2005 | News
Times Argus Op-EdBy James Haslam The teachers’ strike in Barre is just a dispute over who will shoulder more of the health care costs directly, the teachers or the school board. This was the heart of a two-week long strike of teachers in Colchester in October....
by Media Team | Nov 3, 2005 | News
Op-ed in Rutland Herald and Burlington Free Press. By James Haslam The Colchester teachers strike was Vermont’s largest and longest strike in recent memory, a big-impact event that provoked wide-ranging discussion all over the state. After taking time to talk...
by Media Team | Sep 9, 2005 | News
By Colin M. Robinson ’06 The University of Vermont is in a time of both transition and great success. It is a time when national attention around the academics, the student body and the “Vision” of the University is at peak. The administration has...
