Congratulations to the 450+ support staff at Central Vermont Medical Center, who voted “Yes” today for their union, Central Vermont Healthcare United! @AFTunion#1u@labornotes#vtpoli
Shame! On Monday, the Green Mountain Card Board approved 19.8% and 22.8% rate hikes for Blue Cross plans on Vermont Health Connect.
Take Action: Join us Sept. 23rd for a Rally & Poor People's Trial of the Healthcare System on the steps of the Vermont Supreme Court. #vtpoli
I wrote @thenation about the distinction between organizing and mobilizing and about health worker contributions to the historic Palestinian liberation movement. Grateful to my @VTWorkersCenter and @PPF_PA siblings and mentors. https://t.co/bV9rGIfFW4
Mayday: Don't cross the picket line! Don't shop at Hannaford! Join the one-day boycott at Hannaford Supermarkets in Williston, VT to demand #MilkWithDignity! Can't come for the full day? Rally at 5:30pm!
"Universal health care is the only way out of this policy trap. We need an updated study of the benefits and costs of implementing a universal, publicly-financed system, as laid out in Act 48."
Karen Saunders writes in @vtdigger, out today:
https://t.co/58OMzvJu3m #vtpoli
Happening Now: Leaders from UVMMC Support Staff United, @migrantjustice, and the Vermont Workers’ Center are testifying to the House Healthcare Committee on Medicaid expansion.
Watch at https://t.co/z1mOCcq0wl #vtpoli#nomedicaidcutsvt#medicaid4all
“If we don’t have our health, we can’t get other needs met that actually are fulfilling. It’s the foundation of everything,” said Erin Kellar, who lost her Medicaid in the cutoffs last year. It's time for #MedicaidforAll!
https://t.co/OhPhebanzO #vtpoli#noMedicaidcutsVT
@UniteThePoor “We are here to tell our legislators and our congresspeople: Stop listening to the lobbyists that serve Wall St profiteers,” said Madelyn Walker, a speaker at the march. “Listen to the poor: We live the problems firsthand, and only we know how to fix them.”
#vtpoli#unitethepoor
**Marchers Denounce Evictions, Medicaid Cuts as a Death Sentence**
Over 100 low-income people and moral allies marched on the Vermont Statehouse on Sunday to denounce the rollback of pandemic protections as a death sentence for the poor.
#NoMedicaidcutsVT#vtpoli
@UniteThePoor “Then I got cut off from Medicaid because I didn’t get my mail, which meant I didn’t qualify for my in-home caregiver service, nor could I go to my specialists. Now I’m in well-over $2,000 in debt,” Liddell continued. #vtpoli#NoMedicaidCutsVT#2023NVMAWeekofAction