Vermont Economic
Justice Project
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Created in 1996, the Vermont Economic Justice Project (VEJP) is engaged in research, analysis, educational programs, and grassroots organizing. The VEJP has generated significant support throughout the state and achieved solid gains for working Vermonters.
Because of the need for a variety of strategies to address systemic economic problems, we work in collaboration with several organizations, including the Vermont Workers' Center, faith communities, unions, non-profits, and individual Vermonters. Our main campaign is the Vermont Livable Wage Campaign founded in 1996.
November 2003
Vermont Job Gap Study Phase 8 to be released in November 2003.
Phase 8 will include newly available 2000 U.S. Census micro-date which offers an opportunity to re-benchmark a number of key social and economic characteristics for Vermont workers and households. The Peace & Justice Center will provide new findings on intersections of gender, race and poverty for the first time in the Vermont Job Gap Study's history.
Current Livable Wage Campaigns in Vermont
UVM Service and Maintenance Workers, UE Local 267, fight for a livable wage, a fair contract, and an end to firing injured workers.
Mobilize for Justice At UVM:
Write a Letter to the Editor to the Burlington Free Press in support of the service and maintenance workers.
Email: livablewage@pjcvt.org for talking points.Update: Over 100 community members, students, faculty, and fellow union members, including US Representative Bernie Sanders, rallied to support UE Local 267 at UVM in their livable wage contract campaign on November 1st, 2003.
K-12 School Support Staff in the Southwestern Vermont Supervisory District in Bennington, VT fight for a livable wage.Contact us to get involved or call 863-2345 x8!
Southwestern Vermont Supervisory District
SWVEA-ESP, VT-NEA Local Marches in Bennington Battle Parade August 2003
Publications by the Peace & Justice Center, Vermont Livable Wage Campaign.
Vermont Job Gap Study Phase 7
The new Phase 8 of the Job Gap Study is meant to be used together with Phase 7 issued in the summer of 2002. Phase 7 includes further explanations of livable wage jobs, basic needs, and the cost of under-employment.To download a copy of Vermont Job Gap Study Phase 7 (2002) please click: (available soon!). Phase 7 is an update of Phases 1, 2, & 3. To order a hardcopy, email us at livablewage@pjcvt.org or call 802-863-2345 x8.
The Economic Impact of Vermont's Child Care Industry
The Economic Impact of Vermont's Child Care Industry. Click on these links to the pdf files: Download the complete report OR Download the executive summary.
This report is a joint project of Windham Child Care Association and the Peace & Justice Center, examining how the child care industry contributes to and affects the Vermont economy, as well as Vermont's current and future workforce.
Related Links
Report from the People's
Roundtable for
a Fair & Healthy Economy, Findings and
Recommendations from the Myth
Busting Workshops, March 1, 2003
(Published August 2003). Learn more about Vermont
regional public hearings in Nov and Dec 2003.
NOTE: You will need to have
Adobe Acrobat
Reader, in order to view this file.