Vermont Workers Center

Mission Statement

The Vermont Workers’ Center is a democratic, member-run organization dedicated to organizing for workers’ rights and living wages for all Vermonters. We seek an economically just and democratic Vermont in which all residents have living wages, decent health care, childcare, housing and transportation. We work to build a democratic, diverse movement of working and low-income Vermonters that is locally focused and coordinated on a statewide basis. We work with organized labor in moving towards economic justice and in strengthening the right to organize. We are committed to taking action on the full range of issues of concern to working people, and to building alliances nationally and internationally.

Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals has had a long relationship with the Vermont Workers’ Center, and are proud of what we’ve accomplished with them. They were actively involved in our successful 2002 Union Yes! win. We’ve worked together on many legislative initiatives over the year, most notably Act 48, the Vermont Single Payer bill enacted in 2010. It was the Vermont Workers’ Center, our union and other AFT-VT unions that convinced then Senator Doug Racine in the fall of 2009 to take health care off the wall – again – and put it back on the table. 

The next day, he announced publicly that he would be taking up health care reform in committee in January, 2010. All throughout this time, our members participated in Workers’ Center Peoples’ Forums around the state, forums that allowed people living in Vermont the opportunity to discuss with their elected leaders the issues that were important to them, and what they wanted to see happening in the statehouse. The amazing grassroots campaign that helped people, including our elected leaders, get to Act 48 is still running strong – the Health Care is a Human Right campaign, and we continue to work with them on the free health screening clinics: “Rosie on the Bus” and other campaigns with other social justice organizations.

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2/8 Technical Professionals Bargaining Update

2/8 Technical Professionals Bargaining Update We had our fifth bargaining session with Management last night during which we shared 15 counter proposals and the Administration gave us 9. Outside of Management's proposals regarding call pay and differentials, we...

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Technical Professionals Bargaining Kicks Off

Dear members,  Technical Professionals contract bargaining began on Wednesday, and our Bargaining Team made 30 proposals across the table, while Management offered 27 proposals. Here are some of the highlights: Differentials- We proposed increased differentials...

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6/1 Bargaining Update

Nurses and Techs gathered in the McClure lobby to show solidarity with our Bargaining Team ahead of the 6/1 bargaining session. Contract negotiations have stalled, as we did not reach agreement at this week's session. VFNHP has given a package for the hospital to...

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5/11 Nurse Bargaining and Incentive Update

Last night, the VFNHP Bargaining Team spent over 3 hours hearing the same thing from management: The hospital will not agree to any financial proposals beyond the $1.3M for their charge and preceptor differentials proposals. Seven proposals, including increasing all...

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VFNHP Proposals 4/6/2022

Dear members,  Nurse contract bargaining began last night, and our Bargaining Team made 34 proposals across the table, while Management offered 11 proposals, only one of which was economic (Charge/Preceptor differential). Here are some of the highlights: Increased...

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Negotiations for all

At the opening of VFNHP-Nurse negotiations with the UVMMC administration, all of the VFNHP proposals were designed to:* Protect and improve patient care * Provide safety and respect * Improve benefits and compensation to recruit and retain nurses and support...

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TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS CONTRACT WINS

Articles 22-Wages, 23-Differentials, & 24 On-CallMarch 2023-Minimum of 6.5% base wage increase for all Technical Professionals. Go here for the full wage scale.-Minimum hourly wage: $19.66 -On-Call increases to $6.00/hr-On-Call bonus-Moving all Technical...

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VFNHP Technical Professionals 2/21 Supposal

If Mgmt agreed to these proposals (including ours from above as well) Wages:   Here is our 2/21 Wage Proposal. Differentials:   Here is our 2/15 Differentials Proposal.  On-Call/Call In:  Here is our 2/21 On-Call/Call-In Proposal  Article 2-...

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We are a strong union of health care professionals organized to ensure access to high-quality health care for everyone in the communities we serve.
 
 

Call: (802) 657-4040

Fax: 802.871.5946

Email: info@vfnhp.org

Address: 96 Colchester Ave, Burlington VT 05401