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Push to extend minimum wage increase to farmworkers voted down by Virginia Senate A soybean field in Caroline County. (Source: Sarah Vogelsong/ For the Virginia Mercury) By Ned Oliver | February 22, 2021 at 4:47 PM EST - Updated February 22 at 4:47 PM
When the General Assembly voted last year to ramp up Virginia’s minimum wage to $12, agricultural employees were among a handful of groups excluded from the increase an exemption that traces its roots to Jim Crow-era segregation.
Lawmakers in the Senate said Monday they stand by that decision, voting down legislation passed by the House of Delegates that would have extended the state’s employment laws to farmworkers for the first time.