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Newport News Transit Action

Newport News Transit Action

Leaders Jackie McIntyre and Jay Johnson Wavy News covered the Newport News Chapter visit to their city council on Tuesday, October 22. To watch video and read the article by Chris ...

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Virginia Organizing to Speak at Newport News City Council Meeting on Improving Public Transportation

Virginia Organizing to Speak at Newport News City Council Meeting on Improving Public Transportation

What: Public comments from speakers who depend on public transportation at City Council meeting When: Tuesday, October 22 at 7 p.m. Where: City Council Chambers behind C ...

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Virginia Organizing to Hold Community Meeting to Improve Public Transportation

Virginia Organizing to Hold Community Meeting to Improve Public Transportation

What: Community Meeting to demand better public transportation services in Newport News When: Saturday, September 14 at 1 p.m.  Where: Huntington Park, ac ...

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Governor Northam Announces Process to Reinstate Suspended Driver’s Licenses to Begin July 1

Governor Northam Announces Process to Reinstate Suspended Driver’s Licenses to Begin July 1

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles preparing to send letters to eligible Virginians with specific instructions to obtain driver’s licenses RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today ...

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Virginia Organizing Thanks UVA and President Jim Ryan for Wage Increases

Virginia Organizing Thanks UVA and President Jim Ryan for Wage Increases

Charlottesville, Va. — On March 7, 2019, the University of Virginia announced that it would start paying full-time employees a living wage of $15/hour starting January 1, 2020. Vi ...

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UVA Announces Expansion of Living Wage for Full-time Employees!

UVA Announces Expansion of Living Wage for Full-time Employees!

On March 7, UVA Today announced that the University would begin on January 1, 2020 to pay all full-time employees a living wage of $15/hour. From the article: “As a University, we ...

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Time for UVA to Pay a Living Wage!

Time for UVA to Pay a Living Wage!

Virginia Organizing Board member Lily Hungarland recently wrote this letter to the Cavalier Daily about the poverty wages workers are paid at the University of Virginia. The lette ...

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A new world for all of us!

A new world for all of us!

Please join me in supporting Virginia Organizing. Your year-end donation will help us work to stop the evictions and create affordable housing in the City of Fredericksburg and th ...

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Health Care is Voters’ Top Issue in Last Election

Health Care is Voters’ Top Issue in Last Election

  In the mid-term elections of 2018, concerns about health care had a noticeable effect on the results. Across the United States, as well as in Virginia, voters chose health ...

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Help End the Legacy of Slavery at UVA

Help End the Legacy of Slavery at UVA

Please share this flyer with friends all over Virginia! Help End the Legacy of Slavery at UVA.   From the flyer: Tell UVA President Jim Ryan that the University of Virginia m ...

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