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Read More »Paycheck Fairness Act Fails Senate
By Ed O'Keefe, The Washington PostJune 5, 2012http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/paycheck-fairness-act-fails-in-the-senate-as-expected/2012/06/05/gJQATX4 ...
Read More »Tackling 287g: Group Seeks to Change Controversial Law
Doug Manners May 21, 2012 Representatives of Virginia Organizing are canvassing the Harrisonburg area on a “listening project” to gather input and stories from the Latino communit ...
Read More »Non-Profit Fights for Valley Families Facing Deportation
http://www.whsv.com/home/headlines/Non-Profit_Fights_for_Valley_Families_Facing_Deportation_152177275.html Employees and volunteers with non-profit Virginia Organizing reached out ...
Read More »Restoring voting rights is the right thing to do
May. 8, 2012http://www.newsleader.com/article/20120508/OPINION01/205080305/1014/rss03For many of them, it was a foolish decision made when they were 18 or 19. It could have been s ...
Read More »VMSA UPDATE #32 May 1, 2012
WHAT’S NEXT FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM: Many people are waiting for the Supreme Court ruling on health care reform, which is expected in late June. It is good to see ...
Read More »Over $16 Million Heading to Virginia Community Health Centers
Public News Service-VA http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26196-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService Twitter: @pns_news ...
Read More »Call on Senator Warner and Senator Webb to PROTECT and STRENGTHEN Social Security
Yesterday, the Social Security Trustees released their annual report on the financial status of Social Security. You’ve probably already seen lots of press coverage ab ...
Read More »Ask Senator Warner for a Budget that Protects Basic Services, not Tax Breaks for the Wealthy
In a close vote, the U.S. Senate failed to pass the Buffett Rule, a groundbreaking piece of legislation that would have required millionaires to pay at least the same tax rate as ...
Read More »Martinsville Chapter Denounces Hurt’s Support of Ryan Budget
Martinsville, Va.— On Tuesday, April 17, a dozen members of the Martinsville chapter of Virginia Organizing rallied in front of the Workforce Center on Commonwealth Blvd. to ...
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