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The proposed constitutional amendment would protect the rights of employees in Vermont to organize and collectively bargain.
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They join a growing number of staffers collectively bargaining with their Vermont hospital employers.
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Although the NCAA has long maintained that its players are “student-athletes” who were in school primarily to study, college sports has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry that richly rewards coaches and schools while the players remained unpaid amateurs.
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Ben & Jerry’s has reached its first contract agreement with workers at its retail location in Burlington. About 40 workers at the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop in Burlington announced last April that they planned to form a union.
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Union membership still needs to ratify the contract before it's finalized. It was reached after an overnight bargaining session that ended early Thursday morning.
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The union hopes the increased compensation will improve patient care across the hospital.
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If the Ben and Jerry's on Church Street does vote to unionize, it will be the first location to do so.
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Labor organizing surged last year, led by Amazon and Starbucks. A Gallup poll found 71% of Americans approve of unions. Yet only 10% of workers belong to a union, as employers continue to fight back.
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A Vermont Senate committee has advanced legislation that would give domestic and agricultural workers the right to collectively bargain.
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The National Labor Relations Board is asking a court to reinstate seven Starbucks workers in Buffalo, N.Y. who were allegedly fired illegally because they were involved in union organizing.