Tommie's death sparked a nationwide conversation, and the urge for Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) staff to ignite change across the Commonwealth.
VCU labor union aims to improve wages, working conditions
Katharine DeRosa,
Staff Writer
University employees announced Monday the formation of a VCU chapter in the United Campus Workers of Virginia, a labor union that advocates for better working environments. The group organized a rally in Monroe Park and a march through campus to discuss and share the union’s goals.
Contract worker and adjunct advocate Kristin Reed led the event. Nine speakers were present, including a member of the University of Virginia branch of the United Campus Workers of Virginia.
“You are my union family and we are one another’s union family,” Reed said. “This is how it goes at VCU moving forward.”
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A new traffic signal, called a pedestrian hybrid beacon is up an running today on Grove Avenue at Somerset Ave. The light is designed to reduce crashes and allow people to cross safely. (Photo: David Streever/VPM News)
Starting today, drivers in Richmond’s West End may notice a new type of traffic light.
The ‘pedestrian hybrid beacon,’ designed to reduce traffic crashes and make it safer for people to cross busy streets, is on Grove Avenue near St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. According to the Federal Highway Administration, these signals are effective.
The FHA says they’re “similar to a European pedestrian signal (PELICAN) that was imported to the US and adapted by engineers in Arizona to increase motorists’ awareness of pedestrian crossings at uncontrolled marked crosswalk locations.”
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