by Media Team | Oct 15, 2007 | News
Doors open at 9pm! Come to dance and support the VT Workers’ Center and Iraq Vets Against The War. If you haven’t heard Matt Howard yet, don’t miss this opportunity. Bernie will be there also, schedule permitting. Email james [at] workerscenter.org...
by Media Team | Oct 11, 2007 | News
The Velan Valve workers reached an agreement last night and went back to work today. Mark Nadeau, IAM Local 2704 union president, he said they reached a compromise on health care insurance, still a hike but not as big as the company wanted. Thank you to everyone who...
by Media Team | Oct 10, 2007 | News
Dozens of nurses and community supporters celebrate outside Fletcher Allen Board of Trustees meeting after agreement to 24/7 Midwifery Program was restored. Community members, members of the Student Labor Action Project (SLAP), Vermont Livable Wage...
by Media Team | Oct 10, 2007 | News
This week 113 workers Velan Valve in Williston, who members of International Aerospace Machinists Local 2704 went on strike. Their contract expired on October 7th and workers voted to strike the factory instead of letting the company almost triple their health...
by Media Team | Oct 4, 2007 | News
Fletcher Allen Trustees Meeting: Come show your support of the midwives and make sure the agreement is in place to keep the 24/7 midwifery program. The efforts of the community and nurses union has resulted in a tentative agreement (see the Free Press...
by Media Team | Oct 1, 2007 | News
On Saturday, September 29th twenty members of the Vermont Workers’ Center (VWC) spent the day discussing priorities and next steps. In 2006, VWC members decided that they would prioritize leadership development and laid the foundation to start the VWC...
