Vermont Human Rights commission

New police rules leave migrant workers and immigrants vulnerable

By Anne Galloway on July 10, 2010

State and local efforts to purge agencies of racial prejudice are complicated by an issue that is intertwined with racism: immigration. Continue reading

Posted in Living standards | Tagged Allen Gilbert, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Newport Police, Robert Appel, Thomas Tremblay, Uncommon Alliance, Vermont Advisory Committee to the U.S. Human Rights Commission, Vermont Department of Public Safety, Vermont Human Rights commission, Vermont racial profiling, Vermont-ACLU, Wanda Hines

Local police, advocates work to protect Vermont’s Mexican migrant workers from harassment

By Tena Starr on April 26, 2010

Middlebury Police Chief Hanley: “Everybody in our community is a member of that community, and we don’t care where they come from.” Continue reading

Posted in Living standards | Tagged Barbara Whitchurch, Middlebury Police Chief, New Neighbors Project at the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services, Robert Appel, Tom Hanley, Vermont Human Rights commission, Vermont State Conference on Migrant Farmworkers | 6 Responses

Human Rights Commission files complaint on behalf of bridge engineer over family leave benefits

By Anne Galloway on January 30, 2010

Ursula Stanley alleges that the state denied her paid vacation and sick-time benefits while she was on unpaid leave caring for her baby. Continue reading

Posted in Living standards | Tagged Ursula Stanley, Vermont Agency of Transportation, Vermont Attorney General's Office, Vermont Human Rights commission, Vermont news, Washington Superior Court, Williamstonw

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New police rules leave migrant workers and immigrants vulnerable

Local police, advocates work to protect Vermont’s Mexican migrant workers from harassment

Human Rights Commission files complaint on behalf of bridge engineer over family leave benefits

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