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Listed below are some articles by Vermont Workers' Center members, as well as a few links to relevant websites. Be sure to check out our Members page as well, for links to members of our coalition.

VWC MEMBER ARTICLES

Vermont Workers and Communities Fight for Healthcare Justice, a Labor Notes article by Workers' Center Director James Haslam (August 2003)

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)
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Universal Healthcare Now!, Op-Ed in Rutland Herald and Times Argus by
Sue Lucas, RN, President of United Nurses & Allied Professionals Local 5109 at Copley Hospital
(June 2003)

Vermonters Need Livable Wages and a Fair Economy, an op-ed in the Burlington Free Press by Workers' Center Director James Haslam (April 2003)

Vermont Workers Center Resolution Against the War
(Adopted January 18, 2003)

Labor Statement Against the War, from antiwar rally in Montpelier, by UE District 2 Secretary-Treasurer and Workers' Center Steering Committee Member Jonathan Kissam (January 2003)

Labor Struggles Are Community Struggles, article in Rutland Herald and Times Argus, by Workers' Center Director James Haslam (December 2002)

Workers' Center Director Receives Top Labor Award, VT AFL-CIO Press Release (September 2002)

Trade Bill Changes Balance
, an op-ed by Gerard Colby, president of the Champlain Valley Central Labor Council and a Workers Center Steering Committee member (September 2002)

The Struggle, a poem by Workers' Center Director James Haslam, performed at the 2002 Labor Day Picnic

Vermont Workers Need to Protect Their Rights, a Labor Day op-ed in the Burlington Free Press by Workers Center Steering Committee member Dawn Stanger (August 2002)

Free Trade Hurts Everybody, an op-ed in the Rutland Herald by James Haslam (August 2002)

Op-ed in Burlington Free Press about the State Budget by Dawn Stanger (February 2002)

"That's the Way I See It" commentary on WNCS 104.3FM about the State Budget by Dawn Stanger (February 2002)

Statement by Dawn Stanger at rally against State Budget Cuts (February 28, 2002)

Proposed Cuts Will Hurt All Vermonters, op-ed in Burlington Free Press, by Workers Center Vice-President Tenaya Lafore (February 22, 2002)

Don't balance the budget on the backs of Vermont workers!, Workers Center statement (January 22, 2002)

For-Profit Nursing Homes, op-ed by Workers Center Co-President Tanya Waters, RN (January, 2002)

Globalization Hurting Vermont, op-ed by James Haslam (April, 2001)


RELATED LINKS

Peace and Justice Center: The Workers' Center is part of the Burlington-based Peace & Justice Center's Economic Justice Project.

VT Livable Wage Campaign
: Another project of the Peace & Justice Center's Economic Justice Project.

Jobs with Justice: The Workers' Center is affiliated with this national organization. Their mission is to improve working people's standard of living, fight for job security, and protect workers' right to organize.

VT Workers' Center Members: List of organizations involved in our coalition and links to their websites.

Labor Notes: A non-profit organization that has been the voice of union activists who want to "put the movement back in the labor movement" since 1979.

UnemployedWorkers.org:
Created for the jobless workers and interested groups concerned about today's job market and the federal extension of unemployment benefits, scheduled to expire on May 31st. Already, almost 3 million workers have run out of federal jobless benefits, and 2 million more will have no federal benefits available if Congress and the President do not strengthen and continue this important program.

ECONOMIC JUSTICE LINKS

Center for Law and Social Policy

Economic Policy Institute

United for a Fair Economy


UNION LINKS


AFL-CIO

National Education Association

UE

Vermont State Employees' Association Internet Home


Washington-Orange County Central Labor Council

GOVERNMENT LINKS


Bureau of Labor Statistics data 

US Department of Labor

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