For Immediate Release: April 15th, 2015
Contact: Keith Brunner, Vermont Workers’ Center, 802-363-9615
Universal healthcare advocates march on Blue Cross Blue Shield, deliver invoice on Tax Day
**Photos and video available upon request**
Source: Huffington Post
Why universal healthcare is essential for a more equitable society
By Anja Rudiger, with our partner organization National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
For Immediate Release: April 1st, 2015
Contact: Karen Topper, Green Mountain Self-Advocates, (802) 249-6659
Keith Brunner, Vermont Workers’ Center, (802) 363-9615
Amanda Sheppard, Vermont Homecare United AFSCME Local 4802, (802) 349-3150
Sarah Launderville, Vermont Center for Independent Living, (802) 224-1817
Human rights groups on budget and healthcare bills: “We’re not fooled.”
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.