by Media Team | Apr 12, 2003 | News
(to the tune of “Battle Hymn of the Republic”) Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the dayWhen we won’t just work for peanutsWe will work for decent paySo it’s time to stop complainingAnd draw action from our rageIn the fight for a...
by Media Team | Apr 12, 2003 | News
April, 2003 Op-Ed in Burlington Free Press By James Haslam, Director, Vermont Workers’ Center Vermont’s working people are facing the greatest economic crisis in recent memory. Workers in Vermont and around the country are working harder, longer, and more...
by Media Team | Jan 18, 2003 | News
Adopted at 1/18/03 Steering Committee Meeting WHEREAS, the Vermont Workers’ Center has, in its mission, already resolved to fight for economic justice for all workers; and, WHEREAS, the burdens and dangers of war would fall disproportionately on working people,...
by Media Team | Jan 18, 2003 | News
At Montpelier Antiwar Rally, January 18, 2003 By Jonathan Kissam Good afternoon. I bring greeting on behalf of the national executive board of the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE). UE was the first national union to denounce this war,...
by Media Team | Dec 1, 2002 | News
Op-Ed In the Rutland Herald and Times Argus newspapers, December 2002 By James Haslam When workers organize to collectively bargain fair wages, benefits, and safe working conditions they are exercising a basic and important human right. They are struggling for dignity...