On Thursday evening, VWC member Meg Cline read the following statement at a press conference in Burlington expressing solidarity with Syrian refugees. Meg is a parent organizing to reinstate staff and services at the VNA Family Room in the Old North End (Click here for more info).
Last Thursday evening, two young women of color in Burlington were targeted by a person or people affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan, who delivered fliers to their doors. These fliers are only the latest incident in an ongoing escalation of racist acts aimed at people of color in our community, and part of a national rise in state and vigilante violence towards communities of color.
Run or walk a 5K Halloween Race to “Exercise Your Rights” with the new Co-Directors of the Vermont Workers’ Center on Saturday, October 31st at 9AM in downtown Montpelier. Kate Kanelstein, Matt McGrath, and Megan Sheehan have signed up to run together to raise money for the Vermont Workers' Center — and have tons of fun along the way… expect some wild costumes!
Yesterday, VWC President Ellen Schwartz gave this speech at the 2015 Burlington Labor Day celebration:
Twelve years before President Grover Cleveland established the Labor Day holiday, Matthew Maguire -- a machinists’ union leader and socialist from Paterson NJ and one of the organizers of the Central Labor Union of NY -- proposed a “Mammoth Festival, Parade, and Pic-Nic.”
On September 1,we’re teaming up with our long-time allies at Healthcare Is a Human Right-Maryland, the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, Put People First! Pennsylvania, and the Southern Maine Workers’ Center, to launch the Healthcare Is a Human Right Collaborative!
Tune in: Healthcare Is a Human Right Collaborative launch webinar
RSVP here
For Immediate Release: August 13 2015
Contact: Keith Brunner, 802-363-9615
Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign condemns 2016 VT Health Connect rate hikes
The Vermont Workers’ Center offers our deepest condolences to the family of Department of Children and Families worker Lara Sobel, as well as those of Rhonda and Regina Herring and Julie Ann Falzarano, all of whom were tragically killed on Friday in central Vermont.
Today, Vermont Workers' Center President Ellen Schwartz was featured in this article in Common Dreams.
Wishing Happy Birthday to Medicare, Communities Demand Healthcare for All
by Sarah Lazare
For Immediate Release: July 28 2015
Contact: Keith Brunner, 802-363-9615
Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign statement on proposed 2016 Vermont Health Connect rate increase
Dear VWC Members and Supporters,
Following a great deal of consideration and with tremendous gratitude, I’m writing to let you know that I am leaving my position as the Executive Director of the Vermont Workers’ Center.