Emile Schepers Barcroft Apartments is a multi-unit apartment complex in Arlington Virginia, a Washington DC suburb which Amazon has chosen to be the site of its huge new HQ2 complex.  Since the initial announcement by Amazon of the choice of this community for its headquarters, local residents have been worried that the move will bring accelerated … Continue reading Tenants, Minority Working Class Community Fight for Housing as a Right in the Shadow of Amazon →

AdvanSix Workers Still on Strike At least 340 workers with United Steelworkers have been on strike since April 6th, after long negotiations about wage increases and on-the-job safety had failed at AdvanSix, a chemical plant located in Hopewell, VA. This chemical plant produces caprolactam, which is the primary feedstock in the production of nylon polymer … Continue reading AdvanSix Workers Still on Strike →

Event: Virginia Board of Education (BoE) hearing concerning the new revised history standards.Date of Event: 3/14/23 Report:● Event discovered through NoVA labor connections and the AFL-CIO newsletter● Event had 2 distinct parts: Rally before the hearing and the hearing itself● Rally before hearing○ Put together by a coalition of labor and community organizations ■ Unions● … Continue reading Report on the Northern Virginia Board of Education hearing concerning the new revised history standards. →

Alex Oxford, Worker-Correspondent Governor Youngkin has recently taken to erasing Virginia’s rich labor history, this report was written by a Worker-Correspondent that attended one of many hearings on this issue happening across the state. (More here: https://vacpusa.org/2023/03/15/statement-from-the-district-labor-commission-3-15-23/) -There were about 60 speakers; 2 in favor of the standards (a think tank rep who was paid … Continue reading Report on the Charlottesville, Virginia Board Of Education Hearing Regarding the Whitewashing of Virginia’s Labor History →