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2021 VA Legislation
Invest in our economic future by supporting our students, workers and families
★ Establish a statewide paid family and medical leave program
★ Establish a baseline "living wage" of $15 per hour by 2024
★ Allow for equity in education by increasing "at-risk add-on" funding by 25%
★ Strengthen opportunities for labor organizing, including by repealing "Right to Work"
★ Establish a baseline "living wage" of $15 per hour by 2024
★ Allow for equity in education by increasing "at-risk add-on" funding by 25%
★ Strengthen opportunities for labor organizing, including by repealing "Right to Work"
Paid family and medical leave is paramount if we want a more equitable Commonwealth. Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy is sponsoring legislation designed to ensure that citizens have the leave they need to care for themselves or family members (HB 825). "Spending time with a dying relative, caring for a sick parent, or bonding with a newborn child should not be a privilege reserved for the wealthiest Virginians. Hardworking, middle class, Virginians, who play by rules, who have done everything right, deserve to spend time with their family like everyone else. I do not know many middle class families who can afford to go without a salary for three months—especially when they are needing to cover the costs of a newborn," Foy said.