President Donald Trump wants to impose new tariffs on Americans despite a recent US Supreme Court ruling blocking a different attempt to do so. Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones is joining the fight against what amounts to a tax on everyday Americans.
The legislation would allow live-in domestic workers and home care workers to earn overtime pay.
A bill that would lift Virginia’s ban on public sector bargaining may exclude underpaid and in-demand home care workers. They’re fighting back.
Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly passed a bill Tuesday to lift the state ban on collective bargaining for state employees, but whether higher education workers and home care workers ultimately get included remains to be seen.
A Virginia Senate committee pushed forward a series of bills on Monday aimed at strengthening the rights of workers.
The Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday passed legislation to raise the state minimum wage by 2028.
The killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti this month by federal immigration agents have galvanized the movement in Virginia fighting back against President Donald Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
Former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin last year blocked legislation that would give collective bargaining rights to public sector workers. Now, some of those workers are pushing Democrats to get the job done this year.
The House Labor and Commerce Committee advanced a bill to raise Virginia’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2028. The bill will next be taken up by the House Appropriations committee.
One proposal would establish a millionaire’s tax and another would impose a corporate welfare tax on large employers with workers who depend on social services.
