The Conference Committee on the Collective Bargaining Bills (HB1263 and SB378) has proposed excluding many higher education workers—everyone except "service workers"—from collective bargaining. We kno...

Richmond, Virginia - In what would be a major advance for organized labor in Virginia, Service Employees Local 512 is renewing its campaign to have the state be the official “employer” of thousands of home health care workers in the state to unionize. But to do that, they must first get HB1263/SB378 through the state legislature. It would repeal the state’s Jim Crow-era ban on collective bargaining for state public workers, create a Virginia Home Care Authority to be their employer of record, and create a state Public Employee Relations Board to oversee the whole process—including follow-up union recognition elections.

The Conference Committee on the Collective Bargaining Bills (HB1263 and SB378) has proposed excluding many higher education workers—everyone except "service workers"—from collective bargaining. We know this is not an acceptable sacrifice. Faculty, graduate workers, and all staff need - and deserve - the ability to negotiate their conditions collectively and make binding agreements through a fair process, just like other state workers would under this bill. Tell Governor Spanberger to recommend amendments to the bills before she signs them and restore collective bargaining rights to faculty, graduate workers, and all staff.

The Conference Committee on the Collective Bargaining Bills (HB1263 and SB378) has proposed excluding many higher education workers—everyone except "service workers"—from collective bargaining. We kno...

The Conference Committee on the Collective Bargaining Bills (HB1263 and SB378) has proposed excluding many higher education workers—everyone except "service workers"—from collective bargaining. We kno...

The Conference Committee on the Collective Bargaining Bills (HB1263 and SB378) has proposed excluding many higher education workers—everyone except "service workers"—from collective bargaining. We kno...

The Conference Committee on the Collective Bargaining Bills (HB1263 and SB378) has proposed excluding many higher education workers—everyone except "service workers"—from collective bargaining. We kno...

The Conference Committee on the Collective Bargaining Bills (HB1263 and SB378) has proposed excluding many higher education workers—everyone except "service workers"—from collective bargaining. We kno...

The Conference Committee on the Collective Bargaining Bills (HB1263 and SB378) has proposed excluding many higher education workers—everyone except "service workers"—from collective bargaining. We know this is not an acceptable sacrifice. Faculty, graduate workers, and all staff need - and deserve - the ability to negotiate their conditions collectively and make binding agreements through a fair process, just like other state workers would under this bill. Tell Governor Spanberger to recommend amendments to the bills before she signs them and restore collective bargaining rights to faculty, graduate workers, and all staff.

Richmond, Virginia - In what would be a major advance for organized labor in Virginia, Service Employees Local 512 is renewing its campaign to have the state be the official “employer” of thousands of home health care workers in the state to unionize. But to do that, they must first get HB1263/SB378 through the state legislature. It would repeal the state’s Jim Crow-era ban on collective bargaining for state public workers, create a Virginia Home Care Authority to be their employer of record, and create a state Public Employee Relations Board to oversee the whole process—including follow-up union recognition elections.