More than 60 incumbents and candidates for Virginia House and Senate as well as campaign aides participated in the first-ever Labor candidates' forum at the NoVA Labor office in Annandale on Thursday. The three-hour session featured union members telling personal stories regarding collective bargaining, apprenticeship programs, project labor agreements, health care and other issues. "Many told us how valuable the session was to help them better understand the issues important to union members," stated NoVA Labor President Daniel Duncan. This was one of two such non-partisan programs offered by the Virginia AFL-CIO. Photo: Roxana Mejia of IUPAT Council 51 explains the Building Trades' apprenticeship program to candidates. (Photo by Daniel Duncan)