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May Day: Rally Against Amazon in Vermont 05/01/2025

From the organizers:

Come tell the Essex Development Review Board and Amazon Representatives Amazon is not right for Vermont! Join us at the MAY 1 PUBLIC COMMENT at Essex High School to speak out against Amazon in our community! 6:00 rally and 6:30 public comment!

Hosted by Vermont Against Amazon.

May Day: A Celebration Of Worker Power 05/01/2025

From the organizers:

The Trump administration has launched a war on working people. Trump, Musk, and their fellow oligarchs are ripping up union contracts, denying workers rights to collective bargaining, laying off thousands, and slashing social programs. To get away with this all-out assault, they are trying to divide and conquer us, scapegoating migrants, people of color, trans people, and Palestine solidarity activists. But the labor movement will unite, resist the Trump administration, defend everyone under attack. We know that an injury to one is an injury to all!

This May Day we will rally and march in Williston, Vermont in solidarity with Migrant Justice’s day-long picket at Hannaford Supermarkets. They are demanding that Hannaford join Milk with Dignity and pay farm workers fair wages and benefits. We will assemble, march past the ICE Data facility, which centralizes and distributes information to immigration authorities and law enforcement throughout the country to arrest and deport migrants, and end with a rally at Hannaford with Migrant Justice.

We call on all unions, faith groups, and organizations to endorse and mobilize for May Day in Williston. We do so in solidarity with all other May Day actions throughout the state from Montpelier to every other town and city. Now more than ever we must revive the tradition of solidarity forged on the first May Day in 1886 that united all workers–migrants and citizens–in a strike for an 8-hour workday. Today, as the rights and living standards of all workers and oppressed groups hang in the balance, we must unite and fight for our collective liberation. Join us!

Endorsers: AFSCME Local 1674, Cooperation Vermont, Free Her, Green Mountain Democratic Socialists of America, Green Mountain Labor Council, Migrant Justice, PPNEUnited, Party for Socialism and LIberation, Tempest Collective, Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation

For more information visit: https://actionnetwork.org/events/may-day-2025-2/

Migrant Justice Freedom For Farmworkers Rally 04/24/2025

From Migrant Justice:

Rally organized by Migrant Justice, a Vermont-based, grassroots human rights organization founded and led by immigrant farmworkers.

Community supporters will march to call for the release of eight farmworkers detained Monday night in Franklin County, Vermont by U.S. Border Patrol agents. The arrest of workers on the dairy farm where they live and work has sparked condemnation and widespread national coverage. Supporters launched a petition Wednesday urging immigration court to release the detainees.

On the evening of April 21st, armed Border Patrol agents entered a Vermont dairy farm and detained eight farmworkers. This is the largest single immigration arrest of farmworkers – and one of the largest worksite arrests – in recent Vermont history. The eight workers are now held in detention and at risk of deportation.

Jesús, Juan, Luis, Urillas, Max, Adrian, José, and Dani are all dairy workers living and working in Franklin County, Vermont. Ranging from 22 to 41 years old, they came to Vermont to work on a dairy farm, searching for a better life for themselves and their families. For this, they are now being held behind bars.

Head to the link in our bio to sign the petition. And come out TOMORROW 4/24 AT 6PM for an emergency rally and march at Burlington City Hall.

For more information visit: https://migrantjustice.net/

May Day: A Celebration Of Worker Power 05/01/2024

From the organizer:

Celebrate International Workers' Day at Battery Park in Burlington alongside local unions and labor activists, with live music, speeches, and food from People's Kitchen!

May Day is a fun, family-friendly festival of worker power. Cosponsors include the Vermont AFL-CIO, Teamsters Local 597, the Howard Center Union, the Burlington Education Association, UVM Graduate Students United, UVM Staff United, AFSCME Local 4802, UE Local 208, and the Vermont IWW.

For more information visit: www.actionnetwork.org/events

Public Safety Forum for Downtown Workers 10/10/2023

From the organizer:

Do you work a late-night shift in downtown Burlington? Are you concerned about public safety, parking, and the rising cost of living in Burlington?

Join us for a public forum to share concerns with city decision makers as we work to improve the working environment for downtown workers. Church Street Marketplace Commissioner Chris Haessly, Parks & Rec Comissioner Lee Morgan, and Burlington City Councilor Mark Barlow are on hand to listen to concerns and discuss possible solutions to the challenges faced by downtown workers.

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