Students lead living wage protest at University of Virginia amid climate of intimidation
"Supervisors [of contract employees] reportedly told people, 'If you go organize or go to a meeting, you'll be fired,'" said Susan Fraiman, a professor at the University of Virginia and a long-time activist for living wages for staff and contract workers on campus. In a right-to-work state like Virginia, that might not be illegal -- but, according to an advisory opinion issued to UVA in 2006 by then-Attorney General (now Governor) Bob McDonnell (R), taking into account the wages your contractors are paying the employees that work on campus when awarding contracts might be.
Mar 08, 2012