Stories about 'strike' from the Welcome to the VPR Archive

School district that struck seeks teacher contract

By VPR | December 5, 2008

Teachers and school officials in a district that went through a teachers’ strike two and a half years ago are working to reach a new contract.

Union ratifies new contract, averting strike at Vernon nuclear plant

By VPR | August 28, 2007

Union workers at Vermont Yankee nuclear plant have come to terms with the plant on a new three-year contract.

Midday Newscast: August 24, 2007

By Mitch Wertlieb | August 24, 2007

The threat of a strike is looming at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant; two people with extensive backgrounds in communications technology and regulation will lead a new authority designed to get modern communications technology to every corner of the state; the hospital serving the Barre-Montpelier area has won approval for an expansion; a new tool has been added to the Appalachian Mountain Club’s web site allowing hikers to customize routes online through the White Mountains.

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Midday Newscast: August 16, 2007

By Mitch Wertlieb | August 16, 2007

Governor Jim Douglas launches a “listening tour; about 230 workers at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant could go on strike if a new contract with the plant’s owners can’t be reached by midnight Sunday; in less than 2 months, thousands of children in Vermont and across the country could lose their health insurance coverage; more than 200 people have signed up for a forum about counterfeiting and piracy that federal authorities are presenting.