Posts tagged AFT Vermont

    Nurses and technical staff unionize at Central Vermont Medical Center

    August 24, 2023 // Currently, each local union bargains separately with the administration at their respective hospital rather than at the network level. Kate Roche, a nurse educator, got involved in the effort to unionize after realizing she was having similar conversations with many other CVMC nurses who were facing challenges around staffing levels, compensation and how decisions in their departments were being made. “I saw all these people try on their own unsuccessfully to impact major change,” Roche said. “I figured, we have to try something else.”