Upcoming Events/Solidarity Actions

Support the Nurses and Frontline Healthcare Workers at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital!
See next section for more details

 

No Kings Day 3
Saturday, March 28th, 2026
Click here for a list of events around Vermont
If your local is organizing a group, please take a photo with your local’s banner and send it to us!

AFT Vermont Locals in Action!

Through mismanagement, the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) administration has dug a $14 million hole and is now asking nurses, frontline healthcare workers, and low paid workers to bear the brunt of the economic pain.

Management is proposing for nurses, frontline and low paid workers:

  • No wage increases for three years
  • Cuts to differentials (these only affect frontline healthcare workers)
  • A 4% reduction of retirement contributions
  • Forcing spouses off of family insurance and other cuts to healthcare
  • Cuts to paid time off
  • Cuts to union rights

These proposals are causing high quality nurses and health care professionals to leave now. We believe that if they are implemented, it will create a downward spiral that could lead to the closure of BMH.

Over 80% of nurses at BMH have committed to going on strike if management continues to make these proposals.

Click here to add your support for nurses and frontline healthcare workers at BMH and to save our community hospital

Healthcare News

Vermont targeted in federal investigation of Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse
VTDigger, by Olivia Gieger
March 6th, 2026 

Congressional Republicans bring Trump’s 'war on fraud' to Vermont
Vermont Public, by Lola Duffort
March 6th, 2026 

Why are some rural Medicare patients paying more than patients at bigger hospitals? 
VTDigger, by Olivia Gieger
March 10th, 2026

State liaison working to lower health care costs at UVM Medical Center
WXAC, by Laura Ullman
March 11th, 2026

Higher Education News

New Vermont State University president appointed
VTDigger, by Corey McDonald
March 9th, 2026 

Vermont State University names new president
WCAX, by Lucy Caile
March 9th, 2026

Other Union News

School consolidation efforts reach an inflection point as lawmakers hit familiar roadblocks
VTDigger, by Corey McDonald
March 11th, 2026

Other News

Gov. Scott signs Vermont’s midyear budget increase of $111 million
VTDigger, by Charlotte Oliver
March 6th, 2026

Vermont Senate advances constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal protection 
Vermont Public, by Bob Kinzel
March 11th, 2026

Chaos Breaks Out at Scene of ICE Arrests in South Burlington  
Seven Days, by Lucy Tompkins and Sasha Goldstein
March 11th, 2026

ICE agents take man in custody in Vermont after hourslong standoff as protesters gathered
VTDigger, by Alan J. Keays and Auditi Guha
March 11th, 2026

Demonstrators arrested during chaotic ICE protest in South Burlington
WCAX, by Kendall Claar, Darren Perron and Laura Ullman
March 11th, 2026

Man Sought by ICE Wasn't in Besieged South Burlington Home
Seven Days, by Lucy Tompkins and Sasha Goldstein
March 12th, 2026

Man targeted in South Burlington ICE raid was not in the house
Vermont Public, by Liam Elder-Connors
March 12th, 2026

Suspect in South Burlington ICE operation remains at large; Gov. calls agents’ tactics ‘totally unnecessary’
WCAX, by WCAX News Team
March 12th, 2026  

Electoral News

Sen. Alison Clarkson to retire after more than two decades in Vermont’s Legislature
Vermont Public, by Carly Berlin
March 5th, 2026 

Community Activist Grossman Launches Bid for Vermont Senate
Seven Days, by Kevin McCallum
March 9th, 2026

Amanda Janoo Announces Bid for Vermont Governor
Seven Days, by Kevin McCallum
March 10th, 2026  

First Democratic candidate enters governor’s race
VTDigger, by Ethan Weinstein
March 10th, 2026 

Republican Gov. Phil Scott to see Democratic challenge in 2026
Vermont Public, by Peter Hirschfeld
March 10th, 2026

Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George seeks third term
WCAX, by WXAX News Team
March 10th, 2026

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