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This hour, host Mikaela Lefrak explores the history of unions in Vermont up to today's efforts to unionize by South Burlington Starbucks employees.
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Employees at the Starbucks on Shelburne Road in South Burlington have notified the company of their intent to form a union, and hope workers at other store locations in Vermont will follow their lead.
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Trumka, the leader of the AFL-CIO and a close ally of Democratic Party officials, has died. He was 72.
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At a convention of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters this week, the union announced plans to create a special division focused on organizing Amazon workers across the country.
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President Biden has repeatedly promised the shift to clean energy will create "good-paying union jobs." But the wind and solar industries generally pay less, are not unionized, and need fewer people.
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Many front-line health workers who have faced a perpetual lack of PPE and inconsistent safety measures believe the government and their employers have failed to protect them from COVID-19.
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The Scott Administration wants to renegotiate the second year of a two-year contract with state employees. But the employee union says state officials…
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In September, the Vermont AFL-CIO elected a new slate of leaders who are promising to take the coalition of labor unions in a more left-leaning direction.…
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Unions representing Consolidated Communications workers say they’ve reached tentative three-year contract agreements with the company that will avert a…
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University of Vermont Medical Center's union nurses return to work Saturday after two days of picketing. The dispute between the union and the hospital…