AltWeeklies Wire
At Vermont's Biggest Auction of the Year, Another Dairy Family Calls it Quitsnew
Ken and Carol Borland are among the many victims of Vermont's flagging dairy industry. In the past five years, the state has lost 250 dairy farms. In the last 12 months, 50 Vermont dairy producers have gone out of business.
Seven Days |
Lauren Ober |
08-17-2009 |
Business & Labor
Vermont Hospital Technicians Launch Union Drivenew
A group of 600 technicians at Vermont’s largest hospital has launched a union-organizing campaign comparable to the one the nursing staff experienced six years ago, a union spokesperson confirmed.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
01-23-2009 |
Business & Labor
A Welding Program for Refugees Sparks Job Opportunitiesnew
Before next spring, the welding program run by Association of Africans Living in Vermont will have provided 30 individuals with 80 hours of welding training and 40 hours of English as a Second Language instruction.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
05-19-2008 |
Business & Labor
