The
Vermont Workers' Rights Hotline, a
project of the Vermont Workers' Center, is a statewide resource for
workers to call for information on their rights at work and possible
recourse.
Toll-free: 866-229-0009 |
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HISTORY
In the spring of 1996, a group of low-income workers in Central
Vermont started the Workers' Center. Active on issues around the
state, the Workers' Center is now part of the Burlington-based Peace
& Justice Center's Economic Justice Project.
In the Fall of 2001, the Workers' Center affiliated with the national
organization called Jobs
With Justice. Founded in 1987, JWJ's mission is to improve working
people's standard of living, fight for job security, and protect
workers' right to organize. There are now over 40 local coalitions
of Jobs With Justice across the country.
WHAT
WE STAND FOR
We all deserve safety and respect at work.
We all deserve to earn livable wages. We all
deserve to have affordable healthcare and childcare.
When Vermonters stand up to fight for these things, the Vermont
Workers’ Center is there to support them.
"Free trade” policies and corporate globalization
have taken a hard toll in Vermont. Thousands of good
paying jobs have been lost and public services are threatened.
Across the state, the Vermont Workers’ Center
is organizing people to create a fair economy for workers, where
our rights and dignity are respected. |
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WHAT WE DO
The Vermont Workers’ Center is made up of hundreds
of individuals and dozens of organizations (unions, churches, community
groups, etc) and is dedicated to protecting and expanding the rights
of all working Vermonters.
By organizing rallies, public hearings, forums, publicizing peoples'
stories, and taking direct action, we support workers throughout the
state who are trying to improve their wages, benefits, rights on the
job, working conditions and their communities.
OUR MISSION
The Vermont Workers' Center is a democratic, member-run organization
dedicated to organizing for workers' rights and living wages for all
Vermonters.
We seek an economically just and democratic Vermont in which all residents
have living wages, decent health care, childcare, housing and transportation.
We work to build a democratic, diverse movement of working Vermonters
that is locally focused and coordinated on a statewide basis. We work
with organized labor in moving towards economic justice and in strengthening
the right to organize. We are committed to taking action on the full
range of issues of concern to working people, and to building alliances
nationally and internationally. |
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