Labor Roanoke Bus Drivers Ratify Union Contract with Valley Metro After Rare Picket Union members and management at Valley Metro hope the new contract, with a starting salary of $18.15 an hour, will attract new drivers.
Labor Roanoke Bus Drivers Picket As Union Negotiations Stall With Valley Metro Members of Amalgamated Transit, Local 1493 say Valley Metro has been dragging its feet since a contract expired in July.
Labor Roanoke Starbucks Unionizes In Unanimous Vote, Becoming First Such Store In Southwest Virginia Employees of The Bridges Roanoke store this week voted 14-0 to join the Workers United union.
Labor Workers at Roanoke Starbucks Seek To Join Union Movement Roanoke store becomes one of a handful in Virginia seeking to join growing labor movement within coffee chain.
Labor City Workers Can Unionize In Virginia. In Roanoke, Such Efforts Appear Slow Going, Nonexistent While teachers and firefighters in Roanoke are taking steps to collectively bargain, there seems little interest for public-sector unions.
