Sen. Bernie Sanders, DFA plant workers rally to keep St. Albans Creamery open

Sen. Bernie Sanders, DFA plant workers rally to keep St. Albans Creamery open

Senator Bernie Sanders joined workers at the St. Albans Creamery for a rally against the plant's closure as a lawsuit plays out.

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/VTDigger ST. 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, S…

Sanders Calls for the St. Albans Creamery to Reopen

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday accused the nation’s largest dairy cooperative of closing the St. Albans Creamery to retaliate against its nearly 80 unionized workers for going on strike last year. Standing alongside workers outside the shuttered facility, Sanders called on the Dairy Farmers of America to reverse its decision, which he said would have wide-reaching implications for creamery workers, farmers and the state’s struggli…

Teamsters, Sen. Sanders Demand Answers on St. Albans Creamery Shutdown Plan

(WASHINGTON) – Yesterday, Teamsters Local 597 leaders and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined workers outside the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) St. Albans Creamery in St. Albans, Vt., to condemn the idling of the facility and the company’s potential union-busting motive to do so. The press conference highlighted the impact the closure would have on Teamsters in the facility, their families, the local dairy economy, and the broader St. Albans …