Union-represented workers at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden have rejected a pay raise proposal that garden officials described earlier this month as their "last, best and final offer," setting the stage for a possible strike.
LGBG Workers United – the unionized group of garden employees that is represented by
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Work at both sites will take place from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly Aug. 16-19 and then from 11 p.m., Aug. 19 to 6 a.m.
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The experts at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on Lakeside Avenue in Henrico have some answers.
The garden's 82 acres are home to thousands of different plant varieties.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden workers announced on Friday that garden management had made its last pay increase proposal earlier that morning, which the workers' union will vote on next week.
While representatives from the union – the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers – did not disclose the exact amount,