A strong majority of nurses and technical professionals at Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) have come together to form a union. We are united in our mission to improve working conditions, to recruit and retain more experienced healthcare professionals, and to improve patient care. Despite our efforts, CVMC administrators have spent months engaging in an anti-union campaign of misinformation and intimidation aimed at undermining our federally protected right of free association and collective activity.

In addition to dozens of coercive captive audience meetings, managers continue to:

• Threaten to fire employees if they hear us discussing our union.

• Tell staff that we won’t be able to pick up our sick kids from school if we organize.

• Spread lies about what our union is all about and what we’re advocating for.

• Single out individual coworkers with an intent to intimidate them, have a chilling effect on observers, and thwart our legally protected participation in union activity.

CVMC’s motives are clear. They want to maintain ultimate control and push us (the frontline workers responsible for the care and healing of our community) to the side. We won’t back down, but we need your help.

As Nurses and Techs, we are moving forward to an election. Instead of working with us to improve patient care, respecting our rights, and valuing our expertise, the administration is revamping their union-busting efforts. We are asking you to sign on to this letter requesting that the CVMC administration halts their anti-union campaigning and instead proceeds with a free and fair election. The health of our Central Vermont community is at stake.