2021 VA Governor's race: on Jobs

Justin Fairfax: Increase minimum wage to $15 per hour

Jennifer Carroll Foy: Sponsored bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour

• Passed groundbreaking legislation instituting a prevailing wage on all state-funded construction projects
• Co-sponsored legislation repealing the "Comstock Rule" that banned the use of Project Labor Agreements and helped thousands of construction workers get quality health coverage
• Sponsored legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour
• Passed a bill that cracks down on companies that don't pay their workers.

We know that the opportunity to join a union--no matter where you work--is the best way to raise wages, improve working conditions, create family-sustaining jobs, and create an economy that works for everyone. As Governor, I will elevate workers' voices and make Virginia a pro-worker model for the nation.

Terry McAuliffe: Everyone should have access to paid sick days

Mark Herring: Repay miners who remain unpaid due to mine bankruptcy

In a joint letter sent yesterday, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring & Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear asked the Office of the United States Trustee to ensure the "immediate repayment" of paychecks owed to workers. "All workers who have labored for the company and are owed back wages should be made whole. And they should be made whole immediately," the attorneys general wrote.

Herring & Beshear said Blackjewel's poor financial planning led to its "haphazard" bankruptcy wherein it issued paychecks backed by insufficient funds.

"Despite knowing for years of its precarious financial situation, the Debtor did nothing to prepare itself or its workforce for this month's bankruptcy," the letter said.