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Healthcare Is a Human Right! The Fight for Universal Healthcare in VT from 2014-08-29T14:44:19
Under the current health insurance system, many people are struggling because they do not have access to the health care that they need. The goal of health insurance providers is to maximize profit...
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PSA: May 1st March and Day of Action for Health and Dignity in Vermont from 2014-04-07T18:14:30
Many people in Vermont are struggling to meet their fundamental needs and fulfill their human rights; such as housing, healthcare, education, livable wages, and paid sick days. Over the past year, ...
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CCTA Drivers Strike for Fair Contract and Work with Dignity from 2014-03-27T01:07:49
On Monday, March 17th, CCTA bus drivers began their strike against unsafe working conditions and predatory management practices, like surveillance and unfair discipline, and the threat of part-time...
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International Women's Day March PSA from 2014-02-19T20:29:34
Women hold the majority of low wage, part-time, and temporary jobs, and make up nearly half of the nation’s workforce, yet about half of women continue to be denied crucial rights at work, includin...
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Health and Dignity Day of Action from 2014-02-17T18:52:43
On Thursday, January 30th, over one hundred people gathered at the statehouse in Montpelier to support passing PSD legislation this year. With this proposed legislation, all workers would get one h...
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Migrant Justice -"Together for Dignity"Day of Action from 2014-01-27T17:18:57
On Friday January 17th, many people gathered at the DMV in Burlington and Montpelier to stand in solidarity with their immigrant neighbors in getting a driver’s privilege card. Last year, as a resu...
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Day 1 - Legislative Kickoff from 2014-01-10T18:58:48
On Tuesday, January 7th, more than 100 people from across VT packed the statehouse in Montpelier to kick off the 2014 legislative session. The day began with a rally and press conference, lead by l...
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Paid Sick Days Campaign from 2013-09-23T20:15:59
Hello and welcome to Put People First Radio! Put People First Radio tells the untold stories of everyday people in Vermont, and reports on their struggles to organize for a government that puts peo...
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Stop Danilo's Deportation! from 2013-07-09T16:07:13
On Monday, June 24th, friends and supporters of Danilo Lopez gathered at the Charlotte Congregational Church to hear his story and to take action against his deportation. Many spoke about Danilo’s ...
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F-35 Citizens' Hearing from 2013-06-17T21:36:20
On Thursday May 30th, hundreds of Vermont residents participated in a citizens’ hearing surrounding the potential arrival of the F-35 aircraft in Burlington. Immediately after the Burlington airpor...
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2013 May 1st March&Day of Action from 2013-05-10T03:36:19
Thousands of people across Vermont marched to the statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday May 1st to participate in a day of action. The day was organized by the Put People First Campaign, which is ...
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May 1st March and Day of Action! from 2013-04-09T12:37:16
Many people in Vermont are struggling to meet their fundamental needs, such as housing, healthcare, education, work with dignity, and healthy foodOver the past year, we have also seen many of the b...
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Driving Towards Human Rights- Testimony on S. 38 from 2013-03-19T01:33:20
On Thursday March 14th, the Vermont Senate Transportation Committee heard testimony on S. 38, legislation that would permit all Vermont residents to be able to obtain drivers licenses, including un...
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"The Budget is a Moral Document"- 2014 Vermont Budget Hearings from 2013-02-19T05:02:27
On Monday February 11th, the Vermont House and Senate appropriations committee held hearings on the proposed 2014 state budget through Vermont Interactive Television. People from all across the st...
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People's Budget Address from 2013-01-31T13:41:19
On Wednesday January 24th, the Put People First campaign read the People’s Budget Address at the Vermont Statehouse, prior to the Vermont Governor’s state budget address. The People’s Budget Addre...
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Day 1 Put People First Rally from 2013-01-15T04:48:58
On the first day of the legislative session this year, a unified, diverse, and growing movement of organizations called Put People First packed the Vermont Statehouse. Put People First believes Ver...
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People's Budget Hearings from 2012-12-04T06:35:13
In the 2012 Vermont legislative session, the People’s Budget Campaign organized for an amendment to the state budget bill which established for the very first time the purpose of the state budget. ...
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Governors Conference and the People's Convention from 2012-08-09T17:54:47
On Sunday July 29th, hundreds of people turned out in Burlington VT to protest a closed door conference of governors and premiers from New England and Canada. Groups from across the region came tog...
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People's Convention for Human Rights from 2012-07-26T18:43:12
This labor day weekend, come out to the People’s Convention for Human Rights in Burlington, VT. The People’s Convention will explore how we can work together to fight for our human rights, a healt...
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May 1st- Put People First March and Rally from 2012-05-04T17:49:11
This May 1st, as part of a national day of action thousands of people in Vermont converged on the Statehouse in Montpelier to connect the struggles for universal healthcare, education, housing, chi...
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HUGE March and Rally--May 1st, 2012 from 2012-04-03T13:09:11
Join us for the biggest weekday rally Montpelier has ever seen! This May 1st, come out to the Put People First March & Rally: One Movement for People & the Planet. As part of a national da...
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Town Meeting Day from 2012-03-09T04:42:54
This town meeting day 2012, members of the Vermont Workers' Center organized at over fifty town meetings all across Vermont, talking with people about healthcare, the proposed post office closings,...
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People's Budget Campaign from 2012-02-15T21:05:07
On February 13, 2012 over 150 people with the Put People First Campaign turned out to Vermont Interactive Television sites to speak at the state budget hearings for the Joint Legislative Appropriat...
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Put People First Community Meetings from 2012-02-02T05:42:22
As part of the Put People First Campaign, organizing committees of the Vermont Workers' Center are holding community meetings all across the state. At these meetings, everyday Vermonters are talki...
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Save our Post Office! USPS White River Junction Processing&Distribution Center Hearing from 2012-01-06T18:27:13
The United States Postal Service is proposing to close down the Processing and Distribution Center in White River Junction, VT. The result will be the loss of 245 jobs from White River Junction, a...
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Vermont Workers' Center&Put People First! Campaign Rally at Day 1 of Legislative Session from 2012-01-04T20:42:12
The Vermont Workers' Center and the Put People First! Campaign rallied at the first day of the Vermont 2012 legislative session to demand that human rights and needs are put first. Listen to the r...
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