Support Vermont’s School Workers, Students, and Families!
Join us for a Rally at the State House
Organized by the VERMONT SCHOOL WORKERS ACTION Committee
(V-SWAC)
https://www.facebook.com/events/773152046810331
Decisions to reopen schools are discussed and decided by Zoom; this is contradictory to insist that schools reopen! We must keep students and school workers safe! (If you’re having a Zoom conference to decide whether to reopen schools, maybe there’s your answer!)
Be sure to wear a mask! Practice physical distancing! Bring drums, pots and pans (safer than singing and shouting)!
We demand that Governor Scott, Secretary French, and the Vermont Legislature:
1. Delay the Start of School
- Until a comprehensive plan for reopening safely, state-wide, is developed
- Waive minimum day requirement for students
2. Have School Workers at the Table
- To create plans for a safe and just school reopening
3. Protect Vulnerable Workers and Students
- We need all hands on deck - full job and pay security for all school workers
- Remote learning and teaching available to all who need it
- Working and attending school shouldn’t be a life or death decision
4. Support Vermont’s Families
- Cancel rent and mortgage payments, provide free child care, extend unemployment benefits, and paid sick leave for all workers for the duration of the crisis
5. Statewide Science-Based Reopening and Closing Criteria
Do you plan to join us at the State House on Monday? Please fill out this form! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8Sp5AeIgt-mE_Tljnva0RlwZ5-QtQ81ttICixIxwCjPhXGQ/viewform
Who We Are: V-SWAC
We are a group of VT NEA rank and file members that welcomes all school workers, unionized and nonunionized. We are committed to building a more democratic union with the goal of shifting political power to serve the needs of all Vermonters. V-SWAC wants to build unity; we as school workers face many similar problems, and bargaining with our local school boards has not yielded significant results. We are working together to organize and demand the best learning conditions for our students, which will also be our best working conditions. We aim to do this work by building rank and file leadership and solidarity inside and outside of our union.