March 10
GUEST: Cheryl King Fisher, Montpelier resident and founder of Citizens for Community and Local Prosperity NEWS: One bit of Town Meeting News – Newfane VT decided to pay their employees a livable wage. Paid Sick Days – H. 337 Hearing Thurs. March 13th 4pm in Room 11 at the State house Read Fact Sheet. On Monday, March 10, you can hear Stacy Mitchell, the author of Big Box Swindle, speak at the Labor Hall in Barre. The event is at 6:00, it's free, and the author will be signing copies of the book. Vermont – last state to get Wal-Mart, value local, small local business, community and small farms are what our economy is built upon. As we spoke about - subsidize business – 60% of children of Wal-Mart are uninsured or on Medicaid – we pay the cost of low-wages. We need good jobs that pay a livable wage, that keeps VT $ in VT. In less than two decades, large retail chains have become the most powerful corporations in America. In this deft and revealing book, Stacy Mitchell illustrates how mega-retailers are fueling many of our most pressing problems, from the shrinking middle class to rising pollution and diminished civic engagement—and she shows how a growing number of communities and independent businesses are effectively fighting back.
GUEST: Cheryl King Fisher, Montpelier resident and founder of Citizens for Community and Local Prosperity
NEWS:
One bit of Town Meeting News – Newfane VT decided to pay their employees a livable wage.
Paid Sick Days – H. 337
Hearing Thurs. March 13th 4pm in Room 11 at the State house
Read Fact Sheet.
On Monday, March 10, you can hear Stacy Mitchell, the author of Big Box Swindle, speak at the Labor Hall in Barre. The event is at 6:00, it's free, and the author will be signing copies of the book.
Vermont – last state to get Wal-Mart, value local, small local business, community and small farms are what our economy is built upon. As we spoke about - subsidize business – 60% of children of Wal-Mart are uninsured or on Medicaid – we pay the cost of low-wages. We need good jobs that pay a livable wage, that keeps VT $ in VT.
In less than two decades, large retail chains have become the most powerful corporations in America. In this deft and revealing book, Stacy Mitchell illustrates how mega-retailers are fueling many of our most pressing problems, from the shrinking middle class to rising pollution and diminished civic engagement—and she shows how a growing number of communities and independent businesses are effectively fighting back.
March 2nd, 2008
