Virginia Beach City Workers Win $15 Minimum Wage, Step Plan
On Tuesday, May 10, UE Local 111 won a major victory for city workers in Virginia Beach when the city council approved a new budget that will raise the minimum wage for city workers from $10.87 to $15 per hour, establish a step system based on years of service that will cover virtually all non-management city employees, and raise wages for every city employee by at least five percent (in many cases, significantly more).
All told, the new budget will put almost $33 million in the pockets of Virginia Beach’s 7,400 full- and part-time workers.