Douglas Phinney

It was a Thursday evening in early February. Caitlin MacLeod-Bluver has just gotten home after a day of teaching at Winooski High School, where she has worked for the past three years. Caitlin has been teaching for 12 years now, but today, like every day so far this school year, was markedly different, even from the last few days. It wasn’t who was in the classroom. It was who wasn’t. That day, the large number of absences are impossible to ignore. “I feel like that’s the biggest way COVID is co

A group of Green Mountain Transit drivers who cover Chittenden County have reached a potential contract agreement with management, avoiding a possible strike.

The same can’t be said of the bus company’s two other bargaining groups: the rural drivers, and the maintenance group.

Green Mountain Transit rural drivers have voted to

Bus drivers from Green Mountain Transit’s Urban service could be headed toward a strike in the fall if negotiations fail to produce a new contract.

The urban drivers are responsible for covering routes in Chittenden County, including Williston, which is by far the busiest service area covered by GMT. The Teamsters Local 597 uni

WILLISTON — At least two workers have been fired from the Goodwill store in Williston following an employee walkout in June, and working conditions for remaining employees have not improved, according to interviews with three former and current employees.

Cristin Lemieux Pullis, a former Goodwill store manager who was fired aft