Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23414628778668498682011-11-11T10:56:17.944-08:00Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIOWhat's New at the Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIOTravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387812304934642833noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341462877866849868.post-20069344920048406422011-11-11T10:53:00.000-08:002011-11-11T10:56:17.982-08:00STATEMENT FROM VERMONT AFL-CIO PRESIDENT BEN JOHNSON:  OHIO ELECTION RESULTS A CLEAR WIN FOR WORKING FAMILIES

In Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan and across the country, including here in Vermont, working families want to see politicians do the jobs they were elected to do – to build an economy that restores balance and creates jobs instead of one that works only for CEOs and special interest groups. On Tuesday Ohioans resoundingly vetoed legislation that would have taken collective bargaining rights away from

Travenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387812304934642833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341462877866849868.post-43306684224649662012009-07-01T08:33:00.000-07:002009-07-01T08:41:29.946-07:00

Resolution to AFL-CIO 2009 Convention for Single-Payer Health Care: H.R.676 & S.703 Submitted by Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO Our nation is in crisis. People everywhere are experiencing the effects of economic dislocation and insecurity. The absence of a universal, comprehensive, single-payer health care system is a major factor in how desperate the situation is becoming for

Travenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387812304934642833noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341462877866849868.post-34710946108338337212008-04-25T07:41:00.000-07:002008-04-25T07:42:40.203-07:00VT AFL-CIO Calls On Workers to Support Work Stoppage Against War

The Vermont AFL-CIO urges our 10,000+ members, and all working Vermonters, to discuss the actions of the Longshoremen, to wear anti-war buttons, and to take various actions of their own design and choosing in their workplace on May 1st, 2008. For Release April 23, 2008Contact Persons:David Van Deusen,District Vice President of the Vermont AFL-CIO(802) 522-5812Traven Leyshon ,

Travenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387812304934642833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341462877866849868.post-15031637170114141372008-04-16T16:20:00.000-07:002008-04-16T16:21:35.300-07:00Labor Forum: Turn Around America - Health Care

Wednesday, April 23rd at 6:30at Montpelier's Kellog-Hubbard Library, downstairs in the East Montpelier Roomhosted by the Washington-Orange-Lamoille Labor Council, AFL-CIOOur labor council is joining hundreds of others around the country in featuring the fight for health care.This is one meeting you can't afford to miss - and bring friends and co-workers with you.Health Care: Turn Around

Travenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387812304934642833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341462877866849868.post-43107744133745498492008-02-11T13:58:00.000-08:002008-02-11T14:20:27.084-08:00UNION ORGANIZER TRAINING

The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute will be holding a 2-day organizer training in the Manchester, NH area. The training will be held at the New Hampshire AFL-CIO office located at 161 Londonderry Turnpike, Hooksett, NH. The purpose of this training is to give activist members basic organizing skills. All affiliate unions are welcome to send members to this training. If you are looking to

Travenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387812304934642833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341462877866849868.post-26349224748595001162008-01-18T16:24:00.001-08:002008-01-18T16:26:41.690-08:00Hundreds of Workers Join AFL-CIO Unions

Here are Bargaining Digest highlights from Jan. 7–11. The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 900 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.OrganizingCWA, AT&T: Some 600 AT&T customer service representatives in Dover, N.H., have voted to join the Communications

Travenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387812304934642833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341462877866849868.post-38162034234122139002008-01-18T16:07:00.000-08:002008-01-18T16:10:19.678-08:00King Day Celebration Combines Civil Rights, Labor and Political Strength

by James Parks In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. told striking sanitation workers that we all are “tied together in a single garment of destiny.” "If one black person suffers, if one black person is down, we’re all down. It is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive slave wages."With studies showing that a shocking 45 percent of African Americans who were born in the late

Travenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387812304934642833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341462877866849868.post-17350175503020371682008-01-11T16:15:00.000-08:002008-01-18T16:00:18.475-08:00Jan. 26th: Building a Movement: Vermont Workers Justice Summit

Building a Movement: Vermont Workers Justice Summit 9 – 2, Jan. 26th Davis Center, UVM BurlingtonDownload a brochure in PDF format: [ General | For Healthcare Workers ] Sponsors Alliance@IBM/CWA Local 1701American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1343Child Labor Education & Action (CLEA)Communication Workers of America (CWA)Ironworkers Local 7Senator Bernie

Travenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387812304934642833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341462877866849868.post-53611591175788781652008-01-04T16:39:00.000-08:002008-01-04T16:42:43.886-08:00COPE/LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE 2008

Sunday, January 27thPlace: Burlington High School, 52 Institute Road, BurlingtonTime: Registration 9 a.m. - Meeting 10 a.m.Cost: $30 per person in advance - $35 after Jan. 18thIncludes lunch, morning coffee and danish

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