The July 22, 2025 edition of the Updates and Announcements newsletter.
Updates and Announcements: July 22, 2025
Updates and Announcements: June 19, 2025 – Juneteenth
The Updates and Announcements newsletter for June 19, 2025. The newsletter contains information about an urgent protest the morning of Friday, June 20, against the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden staff unionize!
Workers at Richmond’s Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden have become the second- ever group of botanical garden workers in the country to unionize. On Nov. 21, they voted to be represented by the International Association of Machinists.
NLRB sides with fired Mom’s Siam workers
Firing workers because they fight for better pay is illegal. That’s what the National Labor Relations Board told the owner of Mom’s Siam, a Thai food restaurant in Richmond’s Carytown district. (There is a second Mom’s Siam in downtown Richmond that is not linked to this story.)
Letters to the Editor: Wants to help
A letter to the editor from Madeline Ivey, a Richmond resident moved to help by accounts of the crisis at Red Onion.
Art as Resistance: Solidarity with Palestine
More than 100 people turned out Nov. 29 at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture for an evening of art held in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination.
Despite challenges, Palestine support continues to grow in Va.
Since the Gaza ceasefire went into effect on Jan. 19, Gaza’s Government Media Office has reported more than 350 violations of the terms of the agreement by Israel.
The Virginia Defender 