Farmworkers could face declining wages in Vermont

Vermont farmworkers could earn significantly lower wages this year under new federal rules.

Vermont State Police are investigating a stabbing at a farm at 4312 Jersey St. in Panton on Thursday evening that left a farmworker with “serious but non-life-threatening injuries” after a fellow farmworker allegedly stabbed and slashed him with a broken … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Most people see the COVID-19 vaccine as a ticket to freedom, travel and reconnecting with friends and loved ones after 14 months of pandemic-forced seclusion. Consequently, the vaccine tends to be its own best advertisement. For the most part … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY / BRANDON — Activists gathered at the Hannaford grocery stores around the region, including around 20 in Brandon and many more in Middlebury — on Saturday, Nov. 2 to campaign for farm workers’ human rights. The event was organized by Migrant Ju … (read more)

BRIDPORT — An activist group alleges that a group of people recently surrounded farmworkers’ homes in Bridport, shouting insults and firing guns. The group Migrant Justice has called on police to investigate, which they are doing. Following publication of … (read more)