by Media Team | Mar 25, 2008 | News
6pm, Sunday, March 30thVermont Workers’ Center294 North Winooski Ave, Burlington Two fired United Auto Workers (UAW) members from Freightliner trucks in Cleveland, N.C. will be in Burlington on March 30. Allen Bradley and Robert Whiteside will speak about their...
by Media Team | Mar 11, 2008 | News
In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote: “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” In 1971, a...
by Media Team | Feb 29, 2008 | News
On March 8, 1908, working women in the needle trade industry took to the streets of New York City demanding better working conditions, higher wages, shorter workdays and the overall improvement of women’s lives in this country. This year, on the 100th...
by Media Team | Feb 20, 2008 | News
[published in the St. Albans Messenger, Saturday, Feb 16th in support of workers forming a union at Stanley Inc, a federal contractor at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service center in St. Albans] By James Haslam Since 1998, the Vermont Workers’ Center...
by Media Team | Feb 14, 2008 | News
6:30pm, Vermont Workers’ Center, 294 N.Winooski Ave. Burlington Talk by Ellen David Friedman, Vermont Workers’ Center founding member and long-time labor organizer is just back from a half-year in Guangzhou, where she is engaged in the Chinese labor movement at...
by Media Team | Feb 9, 2008 | News
After a very successful City wide Livable Wage Button Day in January the Burlington School District continues to drag their feet in negotiations with Burlington Food Service Workers and Maintenance Workers. Despite the livable wage victory for the Burlington...
