Vermont Workers' Center

Producer

Description

The Vermont Workers' Center is a democratic, member-run organization dedicated to organizing for workers' rights and living wages for all Vermonters. For more information, http://www.workerscenter.org/

Programs in this Series

Format: 2024-03-28
Format: 2024-03-28
May Day Action - Paid Sick Leave and to Put People First (technical difficulties, program was not recorded) - 04/26/2013
Host Traven Leyshon is joined by Darya Marchenkova, Sandra Schlosser and Lindsay Deslauriers to discuss the May Day Action for Paid Sick Leave and to Put People First.
Building One Movement for People and Our Planet - 03/22/2013
Host Traven Leyshon speaks with Sandy Gaffney of Berlin and Avery Pittman of Bulrington.
Towards a Budget that Puts People First - 02/22/2013
Host Traven Leyshon speaks with Vermont Worker Center Activists Martha Aguilar, Al Sarmad and Jay Spurling. Guests share a vast knowledge of Reach Up Program, Put People First Budget, Jobs and Livable Wages and Disability Richts, Housing and...
The Vermont Breakthrough! - 01/31/2013
The Vermont Breakthrough!
Penny's Oral Health Story - 01/31/2013
Penny's Oral Health Story
Mike's Oral Health Story - 01/31/2013
Mike's Oral Health Story
"The Union Is Us" - Fletcher Allen Nurses Union 10th Anniversary - 01/31/2013
"The Union Is Us" - Fletcher Allen Nurses Union 10th Anniversary
Put People First Address - 01/25/2013
Host Traven Leyshon.
Towards a Peoples’ Budget - 11/30/2012
Host Traven Leyshon.
Human Rights Fiesta and Dance-a-thon - 10/10/2012
A Fundraiser for the Vermont Workers' Center and Migrant Justice Dance your butt off on Saturday, October 27th at North End Studios in Burlington. Buy a ticket OR participate in the dance-a-thon: set a goal, fundraise for the Vermont Workers...
A People's Convention vs. A Conference of the 1 Percent - 07/27/2012
Host Traven Leyshon talks with Anja Rudeger, NESRI and Keith Brunner, Red Clover Climate Justice.
Educating As We Organize - 06/22/2012
Host Traven Leyshon speaks with Crystal Hall, Fellow, and Willie Baptiste, Scholar-in-Residence of the Poverty Initiative.  
Mobilizing for Our Social Rights: Vermont & the Massive Student Revolt Shaking Quebec - 05/25/2012
Host Traven Leyshon speaks with Quebec Student Striker Hugo Bonin about student protests in Canada to keep higher education costs affordable.  For more information on the VT Workers' Center visit: http://www.workerscenter.org
Workers' Memorial Day at Battery Park in Burlington - 04/30/2012
The City of Burlington in partnership with the Vermont Workers' Center and the Barre Granite Cutters Association created a new Workers' Memorial at Battery Park in Burlington to commemorate working people who have died, been injured or...

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