RESOURCES

Most articles and resources posted on the web by the VWC are now on the Vermont Workers' Center blog. The search box below will search both the VWC website and the blog. To the right are news feeds from some of our allies — the national alliance of working-class grassroots organizations Grassroots Global Justice, Vermont Labor Against the War, and High Road Vermont, which promotes sustainable economic development. Listed below are some older (pre-2006) articles by Vermont Workers' Center members, as well as a few links to relevant websites.

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VWC MEMBER ARTICLES

Teachers strike highlights health care crisis, need for unions. Times Argus Op-Ed on Barre Teachers' Strike, December 2005. By James Haslam.

What teachers' strike teaches us. Op-ed, November 2005. By James Haslam.

Op-Ed on Community Standards at UVM. September, 2005. By Colin M. Robinson '06.

Labor movement gives all of society a lift. September 2, 2005. Op-ed by VWC Director James Haslam in the Vermont Guardian.

Speech for Iraqi Trade Union Tour. June 19, 2005. By Jonathan Kissam.

Speech at Iraqi Trade Union Tour. June 18, 2005. By Dawn Stanger.

Speech at Anti-War, Anti-Budget-Cuts Rally. April 2, 2005. By Dawn Stanger.

Unions work for everyone, Op-Ed in the Burlington Free Press by Workers' Center Director James Haslam (August 2003)

Vermont Workers and Communities Fight for Healthcare Justice, a Labor Notes article by Workers' Center Director James Haslam (August 2003)

Report from the People's Roundtable for a Fair & Healthy Economy, Findings and Recommendations from the Myth Busting Workshops, March 1, 2003 (Published August 2003)

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Universal Healthcare Now!, Op-Ed in Rutland Herald and Times Argus by Sue Lucas, RN, President of United Nurses & Allied Professionals Local 5109 at Copley Hospital (June 2003)

Livable Wage Rally Speech. By Cindy Bubrouski, president of the Montpelier Educational Support Staff Association (April 12, 2003)

The Livable Wage Battle Hymn, as sung at the April 12, 2003 March for Livable Wages and a Fair Economy

Vermonters Need Livable Wages and a Fair Economy, an op-ed in the Burlington Free Press by Workers' Center Director James Haslam (April 2003)

Vermont Workers Center Resolution Against the War (Adopted January 18, 2003)

Labor Statement Against the War, from antiwar rally in Montpelier, by UE District 2 Secretary-Treasurer and Workers' Center Steering Committee Member Jonathan Kissam (January 2003)

Labor Struggles Are Community Struggles, article in Rutland Herald and Times Argus, by Workers' Center Director James Haslam (December 2002)

Workers' Center Director Receives Top Labor Award, VT AFL-CIO Press Release (September 2002)

Trade Bill Changes Balance, an op-ed by Gerard Colby, president of the Champlain Valley Central Labor Council and a Workers Center Steering Committee member (September 2002)

The Struggle, a poem by Workers' Center Director James Haslam, performed at the 2002 Labor Day Picnic

Vermont Workers Need to Protect Their Rights, a Labor Day op-ed in the Burlington Free Press by Workers Center Steering Committee member Dawn Stanger (August 2002)

Free Trade Hurts Everybody, an op-ed in the Rutland Herald by James Haslam (August 2002)

Op-ed in Burlington Free Press about the State Budget by Dawn Stanger (February 2002)

"That's the Way I See It" commentary on WNCS 104.3FM about the State Budget by Dawn Stanger (February 2002)

Statement by Dawn Stanger at rally against State Budget Cuts (February 28, 2002)

Proposed Cuts Will Hurt All Vermonters, op-ed in Burlington Free Press, by Workers Center Vice-President Tenaya Lafore (February 22, 2002)

Don't balance the budget on the backs of Vermont workers!, Workers Center statement (January 22, 2002)

For-Profit Nursing Homes, op-ed by Workers Center Co-President Tanya Waters, RN (January, 2002)

Globalization Hurting Vermont, op-ed by James Haslam (April, 2001)