On Tuesday, April 17th - Tax Day, please join us in Burlington, Montpelier, Barre, Rutland, and White River Junction to rally against the postal cuts!

Leafleting and holding signs from 12-1 and 4:30 to 6, with rallies at 5:00.

Locations and to help contact:
Burlington, Elmwood Ave. Post Office: Paul pflecken@gmail.com 373-0329
Montpelier Post Office: Traven Traven.L@gmail.com 223-4172 or 522-3484
Barre, Post Office: Sandy sandy.vwc@gmail.com 461-7865
Rutland, Post Office: Joan jleckley@gmail.com 265-3204
White River Junction, Sykes Mountain Ave. Post Office: Liz elizblum@gmail.com 649-2030
 

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It’s not much of a shock that lies are popping up in the Republican presidential nomination race. But in Michigan, Mitt Romney is telling one whopper of lie about the UAW, the auto bailout that saved two of the nation’s Big 3 car manufacturers and President Obama. In a nutshell, Romney says Obama should have let Chrysler and GM go bankrupt—that should win him a lot of votes in Michigan today—and Obama instead “gave the companies to the UAW.” Read more >>>

The Vermont labor organizations listed below support the immediate passage of H.97.

H.97 is a priority for the labor community and for workers in Vermont. As Vermont’s leading organizations representing working families, we stand together in support of the 10,000 educators of Vermont Early Educators United who are seeking the right to organize.

Early education is a vital part of development for Vermont children. It also has a significant impact on our economy - not only are early educators essential income-earners for their own families, they make it possible for thousands of Vermonters to work outside the home.
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Vermont's leading voices for working families and the environment are united and speak with one voice when it comes to renewable in-state energy production. We, the Vermont AFL-CIO, the Vermont Building and Construction Trades Council, the Iron Workers Local 7, 350Vermont, and the Vermont Sierra Club, agree that renewable energy production is necessary if we are to become energy independent, environmentally responsible and carbon neutral.

The Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO is the state federation of labor representing over 10,000 members in numrous unions throughout Vermont. The mission of the Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families—to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our state and the nation.

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