‘They want to keep denying us our rights’: workers in Vermont’s $5.4bn dairy industry fight for basic labor protections 68.2%
The Guardian - By Austyn Gaffney, visuals by Anna Watts - 4/15/2026, 11:00 AM
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‘They want to keep denying us our rights’: workers in Vermont’s $5.4bn dairy industry fight for basic labor protections Migrant labor fuels much of Vermont’s dairy industry, but workers are exempt from minimum wage rules, overtime protections and the right to unionize Hilario’s work shift on a Vermont dairy farm began at 10.30pm when he... more