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LAJC Priority Bills Update
We have reached the halfway point for the 2024 General Assembly Session. For the past month, LAJC and our community partners have been actively doing… Read More
The General Assembly Begins!
Today marks the start of the 2024 Virginia General Assembly Session, and we are excited for the chance to once again advocate alongside community partners,… Read More
Tomato Camp
Tomato Camp A migrant farmworker camp on the Eastern Shore of Virginia He says the stains on his hands are from the combination of… Read More
Freeing more than a billion dollars of unemployment payments
When the pandemic caused mass layoffs in 2020, hundreds of thousands of Virginians found themselves out of work and struggling to make ends meet. They… Read More
Challenging employer abuses
In 2019, our team helped 17 workers—victims of labor trafficking, violations of overtime laws, and breaches of their H-2B migrant visa contracts—file a lawsuit against… Read More
Paid for their work
We represented a group of unhoused men who were recruited to work at a motel for up to 40 hours (and sometimes more) per week without… Read More
Protecting essential workers
As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in Virginia and much of the state’s economy was locked down, essential workers were still going to work every… Read More
Justice for migrant forestry workers
In a 2010 landmark settlement, an Arkansas forestry company has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle the legal claims of foreign guest workers who… Read More
General Assembly Update – End of Session
Saturday, February 25th, marked what is known as “Sine Die” at the Virginia General Assembly, the final day of the 2023 regular session. Thousands… Read More
