Labounty: Collective bargaining rights are under attack

Editor’s Note: Karl Labounty is president of AFSCME Local 1343 and vice president of the Vermont AFL-CIO. He is on the maintenance staff of the Burlington School District.
As President of AFSCME Local 1343 and as Vice President of the Vermont AFL-CIO, I take the rights of working people seriously. Like most Vermonters, I believe our democracy is best served when workers have more (not less) opportunities to vote on the issues which directly impact their lives. I myself labor for the Burlin