The Vermont Workers' Center finished its first-ever 3-day Solidarity School on March 15th. Participants from numerous area unions, including the NEA, UE, United Staff (UVM), Laborers, Ironworkers, IBEW, VSEA, and others, spent three full days over the course of a month discussing contract campaigns, membership mobilization, cross-union solidarity and "big picture" items like health care, retirement security, the war and movement-building.
The school was a result of the Workers' Center's fall 2006 strategy retreat, which identified leadership development as a key priority for our work in 2007.
More photos can be seen in our photo album.
Solidarity School 2007
Take Action: Urge COTS Board to Do the Right Thing
Please tell the COTS Board of Directors, that there is still time to do the right thing by COTS employees. UE has filed a petition with the NLRB to hold a Union representation election at COTS, but management still has the opportunity to voluntarily recognize the UE as the representative of COTS employees and save the workers and the agency the expense and distraction of another election process.
It would be shameful for COTS to spend time and money on fighting the decision its employees have already made.
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