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Three people stand with a sign at a car rally protesting wage theft allegations at Virginia Commonwealth University. (Photo: Alan Rodriguez Espinoza/VPM News)
Workers and advocates gathered on Virginia Commonwealth University’s campus and drove downtown, honking their horns in protest of wage theft allegations at several VCU construction sites and at the site for the new General Assembly building.
Members of the regional carpenter’s union and the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy are calling on local officials, including VCU President Michael Rao, to more directly address workers’ concerns.
For months, workers say they have not gotten worker’s compensation and overtime pay, and they haven’t had taxes deducted from their paychecks, despite many of them meeting IRS criteria for full-time employment.