NORFOLK, Va. — Proposed legislation in Richmond could allow Virginia public employees across the state to engage in collective bargaining.
In response to the proposed bill, every mayor in Hampton Roads signed off on a letter asking the Virginia General Assembly to “maintain the existing framework that allows local governments, not the state, to decide whether and when to implement collective bargaining.”
Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer said Virginia Beach has come to multiple agreements with city workers in the past without collective bargaining…