1998: Living Wage Campaign begins at the University, with students, faculty, staff and community members urging the administration to raise wages to at least $8 per hour
November 2000: Administration raises minimum wage at the University to $8.19 per hour
September 9, 2002: Living Wage protests in Charlottesville result in the arrest of 16 community members at the Marriott Hotel on Main Street
September 2005: The current incarnation of the Living Wage Campaign begins, members begin to develop their goals and compile data
December 2005: University administration sets minimum wage at $8.88
Late January 2006: Campaign members begin private discussions with administrators
February 21, 2006: Living Wage Campaign publishes report, holds rally at Rotunda
March 1, 2006: Student Council announces a referendum regarding student support of a living wage of $10.72, passed with the support of more than 75 percent of voters
March 7, 2006: Casteen announces minimum wage raise from $8.88 to $9.37
March 15, 2006: Campaign members criticize Casteen's statements about their campaign as "a willful misrepresentation" during a press conference
March 26, 2006: Lawn residents express displeasure when "$10.72" is chalked on a Lawn wall
April 8, 2006: Campaign members protest outside Board of Visitors meeting
April 12, 2006: Campaign members begin sit-in at Madison Hall; Anthropology Prof. Wendy E. Marshall arrested for trespassing
April 13, 2006: Casteen meets with protesting students to deliver a letter from the Attorney General's office and to explain the administration's view; administration restricts flow of food and other amenities in and out of Madison Hall
April 14, 2006: Casteen meets with sit-in protesters from 1:15 to 2:55 a.m. and for approximately an hour beginning around 4 p.m.; administration restores food supply in early hours
April 15, 2006: negotiations between administrators and campaigners fail; 17 student protestors arrested inside Madison Hall for trespassing
April 17, 2006: 17 protesters released from jail on bond, Sandridge calls for the removal of tents in front of Madison Hall
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