Sanders rallies at St. Albans dairy processing plant, calling its closure ‘devastating’

The St. Albans Creamery & Supply store on Federal Street in St. Albans on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. Photo by Bear Savage/VTDiggerST. ALBANS — In light of the recent idling of a dairy processing plant in St. Albans, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., visited the site Wednesday to rally support for unionized workers, who have described the shutdown as an illegal act of retaliation.Against the backdrop of the facility and speaking to the media, Sanders described Dairy Farmers of America&