State of Virginia secondary Archives: on Jobs
Bob McDonnell:
Strong support for Virginia's Right to Work law
As Governor, Bob McDonnell will implement broad initiatives to help create new jobs in the Commonwealth in the years ahead. - Providing a $1,000 tax credit per job to businesses that create 50 new jobs, or 25 new jobs in economically distressed
areas
- Better incentives to attract new employers and keep economic development projects from going to other states and nations.
- Strong support for Virginia's Right to Work law, a cornerstone of our competitiveness.
- Provide more incentives
for employers to bring jobs to Virginia, and be more aggressive marketing the benefits of doing business with Virginia.
- Work to make Virginia the top state in America for tourism and film production.
- Set a goal of developing the top
commercial space port in the country at Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore.
- Provide support and leadership for the Craney Island Port expansion, bringing new jobs and development to the Hampton Roads region.
Source: 2009 VA Gubernatorial campaign site, bobmcdonnell.com
Jul 21, 2009
Bob McDonnell:
Strongly opposes federal Card Check legislation
We need to send a clear message that Virginia is open for business, with a pro-free enterprise climate that stands out because of low taxes, incentives for job creation, limited and sensible regulation, a predictable litigation climate, and a fiscally
sound and efficient government that lives within its means. We must also recognize that our strong Right to Work law is a powerful magnet for business investment in Virginia and an essential tenet of worker freedom. It is now in real danger as a result o
federal proposals like Card Check, which would deny the secret ballot to workers and replace contract negotiations by businessmen with binding arbitration by bureaucrats. To ensure that new jobs continue to come to Virginia, Bob McDonnell will defend our
pro-free enterprise Right to Work Law, the cornerstone of our economic prosperity. And Bob will strongly oppose "Card Check" legislation at the federal level and fight to keep Virginia the best place in America to do business.
Source: 2009 VA Gubernatorial campaign site, bobmcdonnell.com
Nov 3, 2009
Glenn Youngkin:
Founded VA Ready to help unemployed get job training
When COVID-19 hit Virginia, Glenn and [wife] Suzanne founded the Virginia Ready Initiative, a nonprofit, public-private partnership dedicated to helping Virginians who are out-of-work get the training they need to secure in-demand jobs.
To date, roughly 2,000 Virginians have started the journey with VA Ready, preparing for a new career and new life. When crisis strikes, Glenn doesn't just talk - he acts.
Source: 2021 VA Governor campaign website YoungkinForGovernor.com
Mar 31, 2021
Jim Gilmore:
Oppose making it easier to organize labor unions
Gilmore said he would support retaining President Bush's tax cuts and pursuing the war in Iraq to completion.
He also would oppose efforts to make it easier to organize a labor union.
Source: Washington Post on 2008 VA Senate debate
Sep 19, 2008
Jim Gilmore:
Warner's police endorsements come from unionization promise
Warner was endorsed by about 30 law enforcement officials as well as the Virginia Police Benevolent Association & the Virginia Fraternal Order of Police. Gilmore suggested that
Warner's endorsements were motivated by his support for a bill that would allow public safety officers to unionize. Gilmore warned law enforcement officers supporting Warner that "there will come a time if Mark Warner is elected to the
Senate and we have public employee collective bargaining, when you will have to explain to your community why you supported a man who helped unionize your sheriff's department."
The legislation in question would provide a form of collective bargaining activity for public safety employees. But, according to a Warner spokesman, it "explicitly says there's no right for public safety workers to strike."
Source: 2008 VA Senate debate reported in The Roanoke Times
Sep 19, 2008
Lee Carter:
Repeal "right to work" law; first campaign in VA to unionize
Lee was partially inspired to run for office in 2017 after a horrific experience with the Commonwealth's worker compensation program. He's introduced and passed several workers comp reform bills, and he'll continue to fight for paid family leave and
sick days, a minimum wage of at least $18/hr. indexed to inflation, and collective bargaining rights. In 2019, Lee's campaign was the first in Virginia history to unionize, and this year we're the only gubernatorial campaign with a unionized staff.
Three years in a row, Lee introduced legislation to repeal the anti-union freeloader law (aka, "right to work"), and he'll continue to fight for repeal until it gets done.
Three years in a row, he also introduced legislation to allow educators the ability to strike without retaliation. Lee also introduced and passed into law legislation to create worker cooperatives as a type of business in Virginia.
Source: 2021 VA Governor campaign website CarterForVirginia.com
Aug 5, 2021
Lee Carter:
Opposes subminimum wages for people with disabilities
Lee believes people with disabilities should have unencumbered access to voting and all public meetings and buildings. He is also a strong opponent of using seclusion and restraint to discipline students with disabilities and eliminating all
conceivable barriers to people with disabilities getting the healthcare they need. Lee will also ensure that no Virginia employer gets away with paying subminimum or uncompetitive wages to Virginians with disabilities.
Source: 2021 VA Governor campaign website CarterForVirginia.com
Aug 5, 2021
Mark Warner:
Gilmore opposed helping Tultex, despite Assembly's support
RHETORIC: Warner: "In Southside, even when the legislature wanted to provide extra economic benefits [to displaced Tultex workers], [Gilmore] wouldn't..."Gilmore: "That's a mischaracterization of what I did with the Tultex people in Southside."
REALITY: The legislation would have paid for health insurance for the unemployed workers, including 3,300 Tultex Corp. employees in Henry County who lost their jobs when the giant sweatshirt maker declared bankruptcy. Gilmore said he had no choice but
to veto the assembly's plan, describing it as a "health care benefit entitlement, but only for displaced textile workers in the Martinsville area." [Richmond Times-Dispatch, 5/20/00]
Taking their cue from Gov. Gilmore, Republicans kept legislation to
help unemployed textile workers bottled up in committee. The bill had bipartisan support before Gilmore weighed in. [One legislator] said. "There's only one person who is diametrically opposed to this, and he's the governor." [AP, 2/12/00]
Source: 2008 VA Senate Debate: analysis by Warner campaign
Jul 19, 2008
Tom Perriello:
Guarantee a living wage and secure retirement
Tom will fight to ensure that all hard-working Americans are guaranteed a living wage and secure retirement. Parents should have time to spend with their families instead of having to work multiple jobs just to put food on the table. Tom will end the
practice of giving tax breaks to companies that take American jobs overseas and will make sure that corporations and CEOs are held accountable for their actions. Tom's number one priority is economic REVIVAL for the 5th district.
Source: 2008 VA House campaign website PerrielloForCongress.com
Nov 1, 2008
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