Tag: labor
A Case for Repealing Virginia’s Ban on Public Sector Collective Bargaining:...
by Brian D. Teucke
Collective bargaining is a standard labor practice that allows labor unions to represent employees and negotiate the terms of employee contracts...
“Right-to-Work” Laws Are An Undemocratic, Illiberal, and Unnecessary Government Intrusion
By Bill Rice, a student at Georgetown University Law Center
After the huge electoral victory for Virginia Democrats this past November, taking majority control of...
Video: Raise the Wage Virginia Launches Campaign to Raise the Minimum...
See below for a press release and video, from Progress VA, on the "Raise the Wage Virginia" campaign launch this morning...
Raise the Wage Virginia...
Video: Speakers at Fairfax County Legislative Delegation Briefing Speak on Wide...
I believe there were (well) over 100 speakers signed up to speak at this morning's Fairfax County delegation legislative briefing - which is still...
New Report Shows 1 in 3 People Working in Virginia Would...
Wow, that's a lot of people who'd be helped by raising the minimum wage to $15/hour, according to the Commonwealth Institute's new report. Let's...
“Right to Work” is Wrong. Period. It’s Time for Virginia to...
by Matt Royer
If you are reading this article, you are probably already aware of the Oxfam study that found that Virginia is ranked the...
Virginia AFL-CIO Shares “Great” Letter to the Editor Blasting Gov. Northam...
Verry interesting to see the Virginia AFL-CIO share this letter to the editor in the Richmond Free Press, calling Gov. Ralph Northam's comments the...
A Few More Thoughts on Ralph Northam, Dick Saslaw and Anti-Union,...
The other day, we posted on Gov. Ralph Northam, "flanked" by Dominion’s CEO (hey, it's Virginia, what else would you expect?!?) and Republican House...
Dick Saslaw Owes My Wife An Apology
by David Jonas
Dick Saslaw has long been known for subpar constituent service, but yesterday, my family got to see that it’s by design, not...
“Flanked” by Dominion’s CEO and Right-Wing Republican Kirk Cox, Gov. Northam...
This story (also see the tweets, below) epitomizes so much that's wrong with revolving-door, pay-to-play, corporate-power "Virginia Way."
First of all, why would the Democratic...