Virginia Tech says it is the responsibility of the contractors hired by the university to ensure that labor standards are met. A construction workers union says that s not doing enough to prevent wage theft, other abuses.
A Virginia judge dismissed an argument Monday that Charlottesville violated an open government law with its 2021 vote to give a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to an African American heritage center that plans to melt it down and turn it into a new piece of public art.
While the debate over the fate of Charlottesville’s statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee raged on in Charlottesville Circuit Court Monday, at least one argument was laid to rest.