For Immediate Release: March 18th, 2015
Contact: Keith Brunner, 802-363-9615
Vermont Workers’ Center: Preserve workers’ rights to strike and take collective action
Today, the Vermont Workers’ Center issued the following statement in response to recent moves by the Shumlin administration and some legislators to curtail the fundamental rights of working people in Vermont.
(Note: This OpEd by Paul Langevin, of Johnson, VT was published in VTDigger)
This week, our financing plan was introduced as bill H.475 into the Vermont House of Representatives.
Read the bill here, and click here for a 3 minute video explaining the financing plan.
NOTE: This OpEd by Burlington resident and VWC member Johann Kulsic was published in the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and VTDigger.
Watch the video explaining the new healthcare financing proposal!
Read the full proposal here: bit.ly/1wssTsa
(NOTE: Economists' letter and financing plan attached below).
For Immediate Release: February 26, 2015
Over 100 economists call on Vermont to move forward with universal health care; new financing plan shows a way
This week, we're excited to welcome Hollis Dale to staff as our new Administrative Coordinator!
Originally from the Southeast of the United States (Georgia and North Carolina), Hollis has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past seven years until moving to Central Vermont 2 months ago.
This January has been a busy month for the Healthcare is a Human Right campaign! In case you missed it, here's a quick review of some top media media coverage to kick off the new year.
Today, Healthcare is a Human Right supporters were back at the statehouse calling for transparency and participation in the process of developing equitable financing for Green Mountain Care.
(This OpEd by VWC member Stauch Blaise has so far run in the Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus and the Rutland Herald).