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Statement on the Green Mountain Care financing and benefits debate

Posted 01/27/2012

DATE: January 27, 2012

TO: Robin Lunge, Director of Health Reform

FROM: Vermont Workers’ Center - Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign

CC: Anya Rader-Wallack, Dr. Karen Hein, Con Hogan, Albert Gobeille, Dr. Allan Ramsay, Georgia Maheras, Mark Larson, Sen. Claire Ayer, Rep. Michael Fisher,

SUBJECT: Statement on the Green Mountain Care financing and benefits debate

Support Barre Teachers!

Posted 01/26/2012

Help Barre Teachers Bargain a Fair Contract - Informational Picket Jan 29 and Board Meeting Feb 9

On Sunday, January 29th, Barre City and Town teachers will be holding an informational picket in downtown Barre, along with supporters from the AFL-CIO COPE Conference being held that same day at the Old Labor Hall. The informational picket will be from 12:30-1pm at the green in the center of Barre on Rte 302/Main St. Bring signs calling for a fair contract!

Another Victory for Mobile Home Park Residents for Equality & Fairness

Posted 01/16/2012

Mobile Home Park Residents Win Again: Huge Casella bills wiped clean

Put People First Day 1 Legislative Kickoff! Highlights of Media Coverage

Posted 01/12/2012

News Coverage of Day 1 Kickoff Rally

VT Digger: On video + story: Activists demand that lawmakers adopt “People’s Budget” (click link)

VWC Stands in Solidarity With Verizon Workers

Posted 12/20/2011

Going Postal!

Posted 12/19/2011

Organize to Defend Our Postal Service & Vermont Jobs

At a time when we desperately need to create decent-paying jobs, the Postal Service plans to slash 100,000 jobs, shut down many rural post offices, and end Saturday mail delivery, most immediately closing over 250 mail processing centers. This includes closing the White River Junction center with the loss of 245 jobs, and threats to close Essex Junction. This would slow first-class mail, ending next-day deliveries, and put the postal service into a death spiral.

Strength of the Storm - New VWC film released

Posted 12/12/2011

The Vermont Workers’ Center premiered a new film called Strength of the Storm (56 min), directed by Rob Koier, which chronicles a group of mobile home residents who organized together after their homes were destroyed in tropical storm Irene.

Watch: Occupying and Organizing for Healthcare and Human Rights

Posted 12/02/2011

Occupying and Organizing for Healthcare and Human Rights was recorded on 2011-11-30.

*WATCH ON TV : * You can watch this program on Channel 17/ Town Meeting Television, on Comcast Cable and Burlington Telecom at the following times:

1 Wednesday November 30, 5:25 PM
2 Thursday December 1, 7:00 PM
3 Friday December 2, 4:00 PM
4 Sunday December 4, 3:00 PM
5 Friday December 9, 4:00 PM
6 Friday December 16, 4:00 PM
7 Saturday December 17, 6:00 PM
8 Friday December 23, 4:00 PM
9 Friday December 30, 4:00 PM

*WATCH ONLINE : * You may watch the program on-line by clicking here:

Health Care Reform Financing Listening Sessions

Posted 11/09/2011

Green Mountain Care Board is heeding our demand for a transparent and participatory process to building our healthcare system. Now its our job to participate. It’s crucial that we have a good turnout for this meeting! We know the opposition to quality healthcare for all is organizing and is mobilizing, but we know they’re not the majority. We need to make sure our message of equity is heard loud and clear, and that the opposition doesn’t successfully promote a financing plan that hurts small businesses and is built on the backs of poor and working class people.

PRESS RELEASE: Vermont Workers' Center Stands In Solidarity With "Occupy Burlington"

Posted 10/27/2011

* * * For Immediate Release * * *

Vermont Workers' Center Stands In Solidarity With Burlington Occupiers

BURLINGTON - The Vermont Workers’ Center publicly endorses Occupy Vermont’s new permanent encampment occupation of Burlington’s City Hall Park starting this Friday. The organization is co-ordinating teams of volunteer organizers and calling on its statewide network of supporters to participate in actions this weekend in Burlington and other parts of Vermont.