Of course, the General Assembly kicks off next week, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 and to bring everyone up to speed, Virginia AFL-CIO is holding a General Assembly Preview  over Zoom this Thursday Jan. 4th at 6pm and Monday Jan. 8th at 3pm . Virginia AFL-CIO will do an overview of what to expect this session, labor’s priority bills and how to get involved including the morning meetings, tracking legislation, attending and following session, lobbying and testifying for bills

*featured image is sourced from Virginia General Assembly Publications document, titled "GAB Overview" linked here . Just a few blocks from the old Pocahontas Building, the 2024 Virginia General Assembly session will open in style as the new General Assembly Building project has finally been completed. As of October 2023, the new General Assembly Building (GAB) has been open to the public​ and is fully operational, meaning it will hold all legislator offices and committee mee

This was the last week of the General Assembly, which is set to officially adjourn (“ known as Sine Die ”) on tomorrow, Saturday, March 12th. This week, legislators took final action on bills that needed to be negotiated between each chamber as well as the state’s 2022-2024 biennium budget. More information on the next steps are listed below, but for now, we must say that we are very proud of the bills that we were able to defeat in both the House and Senate this session, and