Striking Garden Workers Demand Living Wage | Richmond News

Workers at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden strike over stagnant pay, demanding a living wage that’s $7 an hour more than their current average—prompting Grammy-nominated artist Jesse Welles and Graham Nash to cancel gigs in solidarity. The garden counters with modest raises and benefits, calling itself benchmarked against similar nonprofits, while negotiations stall amid a tense standoff between workers’ survival and the nonprofit’s budget. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/af61ee9f5a21bf20