Where Brent's Coming From on Jobs & Wages in Virginia
My first job in high school was flipping burgers in Timberville for minimum wage. Most low-wage workers in Virginia today are adults struggling to support their families.Virginia is one of the wealthiest states in the richest country on the planet. Virginians should not have to work more than 40 hours a week to enjoy a decent standard of living. As delegate, I'll fight to raise Virginia's minimum wage to a living wage, and work to implement a solar infrastructure program that would create tens of thousands of well-paying jobs.
Posted by Brent Finnegan on Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Brent Finnegan is running in the Democratic “firehouse primary” on April 28, 2017 to be our next Virginia House Delegate from the 26th District.
Brent has spent most of his life serving communities across the Shenandoah Valley. Raised in Broadway, Virginia, Brent currently lives in Harrisonburg where he now serves on the Planning Commission.
He has volunteered by teaching citizenship classes at Skyline Literacy and raised funds for Our Community Place. Brent was an integral part of the local grassroots organizing team for Bernie Sanders’s presidential primary campaign that won in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County in 2016.
He has produced TV shows and documentaries at WVPT about immigration policy and farming issues. He founded and ran a local news website, hburgnews.com, which broke local news stories and implemented innovative ways to include readers in the newsmaking process.
Currently, Brent works at the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services at JMU, where he collaborates with local educators and health professionals to reduce drug abuse and teen pregnancy, and support rural health initiatives in our community.