January 30, 2012
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Health
The Vermont Workers' Center, a long-time NESRI partner, is calling on the Administration in Vermont to implement the universal health care law passed last year in a way that ensures equity in financing as well as provision of comprehensive care. While the law does not prescribe a specific financing mechanism for the universal system, it requires financing to be public and equitable. The law also... Keep reading »
January 27, 2012
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Housing
Picture for the Homeless (PTH), a partner with NESRI in the Campaign to Restore National Housing Rights, released a comprehensive count of New York City vacant buildings and lots that shows there is more than enough permanent housing resources to handle the homelessness challenge. The report, Banking on Vacancy: Homelessness and Real Estate Speculation, was the product of 295 volunteers, 1... Keep reading »
January 16, 2012
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Economic and Social Rights
We have moved from the era of civil rights to the era of human rights, an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We have been in a reform movement… But after Selma and the voting rights bill, we moved into a new era, which must be the era of revolution. We must recognize that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical... Keep reading »
January 5, 2012
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Economic and Social Rights | Health
At the opening day of the Vermont 2012 legislative session, the Vermont Workers' Center delivered a petition for a human rights-based People's Budget signed by over 3000 Vermonters. Keep reading »
January 5, 2012
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Health
As more people in the United States lose their health insurance or pay higher fees for lesser benefits, insurance companies rake in greater profits than other publicly traded corporations. At the same time, health industry executives have received higher pay increases than executives in other sectors. Keep reading »
January 4, 2012
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Economic and Social Rights | Health
The Bennington Banner published an op-ed by James Haslam, director of the Vermont Workers' Center, about the push for human rights-based People's Budget during Vermont's 2012 legislative session, which started yesterday.
From the op-ed: Keep reading »
January 1, 2012
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Economic and Social Rights | Health
In their front page preview of Vermont's upcoming legislative session, the Burlington Free Press quoted the recent Human Rights Day report prepared by the Vermont Workers' Center and highlighted the demand of the Put People First campaign for spending and revenue policies that meet every Vermonter’s fundamental needs. At the opening of the legislative session on January 3, 2012, the Keep reading »
December 19, 2011
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Housing
There is an overwhelming consensus right now that we face a severe market failure with regard to housing. One industry expert recently testified before Congress that, unless something is done about it, 8 to 10 million more homeowners will lose their homes to foreclosure(1). That is 1 in 5 owners with an outstanding mortgage, and in addition to the 8 million owners who have already lost their... Keep reading »
December 15, 2011
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Health
A new article in the journal Health and Human Rights (Vol 13, No 2, 2011) illustrates a framework for analysis of the inclusion of human rights and vulnerable groups in health policies. Keep reading »
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