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CHN: Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections Extended to Home Care Workers
http://www.chn.org/human_needs_report/chn-minimum-wage-overtime-protections-extended-home-care-workers/On September 17, the US Department of Labor announced that it will extend mi ...
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Vulnerable Families vs. Big Corporations: Who Wins?
Congress’ August recess is over and our U.S. Representatives and Senators are finally back to work in Washington, D.C. This summer, they heard from you and many others ...
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What’s on Rep. Cantor’s Mind this Session?
Please see below for a letter from our Board Chairperson on a recent meeting with Rep. Cantor's office. Last week, Virginia Organizing and other groups met with Cor ...
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Immigration Reform Requires a Comprehensive Plan
By George Kegleyhttp://www.roanoke.com/opinion/commentary/2199430-12/immigration-reform-requires-a-comprehensive-plan.htmlThose of us who work with refugees and immigrants are dis ...
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Left Out of Labor Day
The Commonwealth Institute: http://thehalfsheet.org/post/59687425880/left-out-of-labor-dayHere’s something to wrap your mind around as we head into Labor Day weekend: u ...
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Virginians Return to DC for 50th Anniversary of ‘March on Washington’
By Alison BurnsRICHMOND, Va. - In 1963, when David Hoover was just 12 years old, he was one of a handful of black students at what was then a recently desegregated school in Richm ...
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Illinois Democrat makes immigration pitch in Virginia
By Mary Orndorff Troyan, USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/08/26/gutierrez-immigration-virginia-goodlatte/2704081/ HARRISONBURG, Va. -- The battle over im ...
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The Economic Benefits of Providing a Path to Earned Citizenship
The White House released a report detailing the economic benefits of providing a path to earned citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living a ...
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South Hampton Roads Chapter Leaders Attend Governor’s Talk on Restoration of Rights
On Tuesday, August 13, Governor Bob McDonnell visited Tidewater Community College (Portsmouth Campus) to discuss changes to the process of restoration of rights in Virginia. Virgi ...
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A Letter to U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine
Virginia Organizing signed on to a letter to U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine regarding budget cuts and solutions to the current budget issues our nation is facing. The ful ...
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