Vermont Workers' Center
Producer
Description
The Vermont Workers' Center is a democratic, member-run organization dedicated to organizing for workers' rights and living wages for all Vermonters. For more information, http://www.workerscenter.org/Programs in this Series
We Are Winning the Right to Healthcare in Vermont... Much More to Do!
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04/29/2011
Traven Leyson hosts this monthly call-in. Joining Traven to discuss efforts at Healthcare Reform is David Kreindler and Megan Sheehan.
Peoples Budget Campaign
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03/25/2011
Traven Leyson hosts this monthly call-in. Tonight's topic is on Vermont's healthcare debate with VWC Leader, Leslie Matthews.
Insurance Company Insider Warns Corporate PR Will Try to Kill Health Care Reform
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01/28/2011
Traven Leyson hosts this monthly call-in. Tonights guest is Wendell Potter, author of 'Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans'
People's Budget Report & People's Movement Assembly
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12/20/2010
Traven Leyson hosts this monthly call-in. His guests today are Anja Rudiger, National Economic & Social Rights Initiative and Peg Franzen, Chair, Vermont Workers' Center.
A Win-Win for Moran Redevelopment Project Workers
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11/01/2010
Traven Leyson hosts, Matt Lash, Marketing & Business Development Director International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 300, and Michael Morelli Business Agent Ironworkers Local 7 to discuss the Moran Plan Redevelopment and efforts...
Re:Imagining Change - Book Release & Celebration
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10/27/2010
Authors Doyle Canning and Patrick Reinsborough, authors of Re:Imagining Change - How to Use Story-based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World (PM Press, 2010) share accounts of how communities across the country are using...
Workers Organizing for Justice & Safety
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10/22/2010
Host Traven Leyshon with Chuck Norris-Brown, CCTA Driver and Nancy Welch, English Professor, UVM.
Building a Movement for Jobs, Peace & Justice
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09/24/2010
Host Traven Leyshon speaks with Jill Charbonneau, acting President Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO & Alan Benjamin, Executive Committee member, San Francisco Labor Council; Workers Emergency Recovery Campaign - Also...
Organizing to Meet the Job Crisis
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08/27/2010
Host Traven Leyshon speaks with Anja Rudiger of National Economic & Social Rights Initiative and Jeff Thompson with Political Economy Research Institute on the issues surrounding jobs.
Introduction to The Vermont Workers' Center
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08/19/2010
Introduction Video to the grassroots Vermont based organizing Non-profit Vermont Worker's Center.
"Health Care is a Human Right" Campaign Advances
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07/23/2010
Host Traven Leyshon is joined by Peg Franzen and Cassandra Edson, both on the Healthcare is a Human Right Policy Committee, to discuss the current status and next steps for the Campaign.
2010 U.S. Social Forum Report
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06/25/2010
Host James Haslam, speaks with representatives attending the 2010 U. S. Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan.
Arizona and Immigration in Context
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05/28/2010
Host Traven Leyshon speaks with Jonathan Kissam of the Vermont Workers Center and Jen Soriano, Communications Coordinator for Grassroots Global Justice on immigration issues.
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