Vermont Human Rights Commission hearing: State police discriminated against Mexican farmworkers during traffic stop
The VT Human Rights Commission held a hearing in Winooski this morning, in which they heard final remarks from Daniel Lopez and the VT Department of Public Safety, before ruling unanimously that the VT State Police discriminated against farm workers’ Daniel Lopez and Antonio-Meza Sandoval during a traffic stop on September 13 on I-89 in Middlesex, VT.
VT Human Rights Commission moves to intervene in support of lesbian couple discriminated against by resort
The Vermont Human Rights Commission (HRC) has moved to intervene in an American Civil Liberties Union case in support of a lesbian couple who were told by a resort that they would not be able to hold their wedding reception because the resort has a “no gay receptions” policy.
New police rules leave migrant workers and immigrants vulnerable
State and local efforts to purge agencies of racial prejudice are complicated by an issue that is intertwined with racism: immigration.
Local police, advocates work to protect Vermont’s Mexican migrant workers from harassment
Middlebury Police Chief Hanley: “Everybody in our community is a member of that community, and we don’t care where they come from.”
Human Rights Commission files complaint on behalf of bridge engineer over family leave benefits
Ursula Stanley alleges that the state denied her paid vacation and sick-time benefits while she was on unpaid leave caring for her baby.
