VACPUSA

by worker-correspondent Peter Johnson In Virginia, we face additional challenges when attempting to organize unions. Virginia’s status as a “right-to-work” state allows workers to opt out of unions, while still benefiting from the union struggle. This weakens the union and creates divisions among workers. Moreover, being in the South, where racial and cultural differences have…

A monthly update from the front lines of the class war. Like what you see? Join us: email contact@vacpusa.org or apply online directly to Virginia or to national. Comrades Aloysius and Dionisio at the RVA March for Working Families. What we’ve been doing The Revolutionary Club of Tidewater has continued their successful food program and…

by worker-correspondent Dionisio Romo Gutiérrez (Broad Street Workers’ Club) On a chilly Monday morning, around 9am, a diverse collective of representatives from AFL-CIO VA, SEIU, Richmond Tenants’ Union (RTU), VACPUSA and many more congregated at Abner Clay Park. The occasion? The March for Working Families, organized by New Virginia Majority. The purpose of the march…

by worker-correspondent Emily Jane Dennis 2025 feels a lot like 2017. Every day there is a new proclamation taking steps backwards, defying reality, dehumanizing people, and creating uncertainty. Each of these emerging issues and each person affected by them deserves time, effort, and care. Yet, individually, we can only do so much each day. Almost…

A monthly update from the front lines of the class war. Like what you see? Join us: email contact@vacpusa.org or apply online What we’ve been doing Our district joined with many other comrades from CPUSA chapters all over the east coast and midwest to attend the People’s March on January 18th, featured in the photo for…

by worker-correspondent Aloysius Wolf On Sunday, February 2nd, despite the cold, folks came out to the Bacon Retirement Home in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia in support of Seniors facing egregious living conditions which have been described by both residents and observers as slums. When I received the call from the Richmond Tenants Union, I, and…