The vote comes after two and a half years of campaigning for collective bargaining from the Albemarle Education Association.
Category: Work/Life
We report on wages, industries, and wealth that make the local economy so that you can be empowered in the workforce
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UVA has repeatedly failed to pay its graduate students on time — and no one at the university can figure out why
“This doesn’t happen to other employees,” said campus union chair Laura Ornée.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, Short & Important, Work/Life
City of Charlottesville workers are first in the area to earn right to collectively bargain
City workers can now negotiate their salaries and insurance.
Posted inHealth and safety, Work/Life
A handful of people incarcerated at the local jail are training for careers in the culinary industry
“It made me realize that there is more that I can do,” said Tyreek Ragland, 25. “I feel like I learned a lot about cooking, and about myself.”
Posted inHow we learn, Short & Important, Work/Life
Bread & Roses Community Kitchen is offering scholarships for local chefs
Applications are due Monday, Oct. 10.
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20 local food vendors got their start at this low-cost kitchen
Bread & Roses installed a new walk in cooler in June that it hopes will allow it to double the number of local chefs it can help get their start in a culinary career.
Posted inHealth and safety, Work/Life
These two Charlottesville women are launching an app to help parents share excess breast milk as baby formula supplies fall dangerously low
Set to launch in the coming weeks, The Drop allows parents who have extra breast milk to share it with parents and babies in need.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, Health and safety, Work/Life
It’s the first year all three Charlottesville city pools will be open since the pandemic began — but a lifeguard shortage is likely to reduce open hours
Vic Garber, deputy director of Parks and Recreation, says he hasn’t seen a staff shortage this severe in his 10 years at the department.
Posted inHow we learn, Work/Life
Charlottesville education union petitions School Board for the right to engage in collective bargaining
The School Board now has until August to decide if it will allow the new union to operate.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, Our neighborhoods, Work/Life
Many people are asking for Charlottesville transit to run more and go electric — but first, the city needs more bus drivers
Kyle Ervin at CAT sent this message by text: “All in all, we simply need MORE DRIVERS! We’ll take all the applicants we can get!”
