BURLINGTON Kiah Morris, a former state representative from Bennington who ended her 2018 campaign for reelection after incidents of racial harassment, has been named to lead the Rights &
The current list of sponsors includes: Rights & Democracy, Vermont AFL-CIO, Vermont-NEA, VSEA, 350 VT, Migrant Justice, the Black Perspective, VT Workers Center, the Champlain Valley and Central Vermont DSA Chapters, Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund, Community Voices for Immigrant Rights, United Academics UVM/AFT, AFSCME Locals 490, 201, 1674, 2413, 3977, and the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series. More organizations are expected to sponsor prior to the event.
Uriel Calvo, dairy worker and Migrant Justice member: “Farmworkers have worked through the pandemic, keeping Vermont’s dairy industry alive. But too many of us are making poverty wages, working seven days a week without rest, and living in inhumane conditions. Companies like Hannaford get rich selling dairy products, but the cows don’t milk themselves. Hannaford needs to join Milk with Dignity to protect our human rights.”