CCTA Bus Driver Strike

Please join the Peace & Justice Center in solidarity with the Chittenden County Transportation Association’s organized bus drivers. Please contribute to the Strike fund to help pay for literature, signs and a hardship fund.  Click here to contribute and please note that the money is to go to the CCTA strike fund. Drivers are asking…

A Letter to the City of Burlington's Ordinance Committee about Livable Wage

Councilors Bushor, Mason and Paul, It has been very interesting hearing testimony over the last few ordinance committee meetings from the City Attorney, Jesse Bridges, Doug Hoffer and Gene Richards. We also found the discussion at the last meeting enlightening. As you may know the Peace & Justice Center was the lead organization that mobilized…

Peace & Justice Center Supports Consistent Application of Livable Wage Ordinance

The Peace & Justice Center works toward social justice and has focused on economic justice issues as a core factor in addressing social injustice.  The Center’s Vermont Livable Wage Campaign successfully reframed the debate on how to address the income gap in Vermont from incremental increases to the minimum wage to a livable wage –…

Join the PJC on JANUARY 5, 2011 as we join the VWC’s Legislative Kickoff, Healthcare Is A Human Rights Rally & People’s Movement Assembly!

Healthcare Is A Human Right Rally 12:30 pm, Cedar Creek Room, Statehouse, Montpelier Join the Vermont Workers’ Center to deliver thousands of petition signatures collected by the Healthcare Is A Human Right Campaign calling on Vermont to move forward with the design for a new healthcare system with single-payer financing and based on human rights…