Tax the Rich!

Yesterday, 367 AFT Vermont members sent letters to their legislators urging them to support an amendment that would have increased taxes on the wealthiest Vermonters. Before the amendment was on the floor yesterday, a deal was struck between the presenters and House leadership that the House Ways & Means Committee would take up a committee bill within the next couple of weeks to explore this idea more thoroughly. This was in no small part due to the public pressure put on legislators through actions such as this.

This is a step in the right direction, but we need to keep public pressure on until a bill is signed into law. If you haven’t already, make sure to take this action to let your legislators know that you support raising taxes on the wealthiest Vermonters to fund our Healthcare and Higher Education systems!

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!

CVHU has won several grievances in the past month, most of which were resolved at Step 1 or 2 without the need for advancing to step 3.

• An ED Tech won the wage increase she deserved after advocating for herself and persisting despite the initial partial increase offered.
• When an LNA/MHT’s usual shift was going to be denied because it would create overtime in her pay period (she was also teaching AVADE trainings that week), she used her contract to win her shift back immediately.
• An Orthopedic RN was being disciplined for attendance despite previous verbal agreements with her supervisor regarding the differing school schedules, locations, and transportation needs of her three children. Ashley grieved the discipline and won, on an unprecedentedly short timeline. 

• Staff in the Nutrition and Food Service department at CVMC quickly organized and won their grievance regarding scheduling CTO. 
• Nurses working at Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Home were asked to float and take a full assignment on a different floor before completing adequate orientation. They said no and immediately won their grievance.
• An Emergency Department RN was denied her SIP differential (scheduled incentive pay) for the time she worked a SIP shift. WHen she grieved it, she won that pay correction.
• An Emergency Department RN was downstaffed out of turn (there were travelers working that should have been downstaffed first), and when she grieved it, she won backpay for the day of work she missed.

Brattleboro hospital nurses vote to strike, but delay a date in hopes of spurring talks
VTDigger, by Kevin O’Connor
March 23rd, 2026

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital nurses vote to strike 'if necessary'
Brattleboro Reformer, by Chris Mays
March 23rd, 2026  

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital nurses vote to authorize strike 
WCAX, by Adam Sullivan
March 23rd, 2026

Brattleboro nurses union approves potential strike
WPTZ, by Molly Ormsbee
March 25th, 2026

Vermont Conversation: Freed for now from ICE detention, Minister Steven Tendo on being a beacon of hope
VTDigger, by David Goodman
March 25th, 2026 

Burlington police reviewing use of force at ICE protest
WCAX, by WCAX News Team
March 25th, 2026 

Vermont law enforcement agencies have yet to release body camera footage from ICE raid
Vermont Public, by Liam Elder-Connors
March 26th, 2026