VACPUSA
Virginia District of the Communist Party USA
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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 clubs phone banked for Democrats in VA, canvassed for Subramanyam in the 10th, and canvassed for Vindman in the 7th Congressional Districts under the guidance of New Virginia…
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by worker-correspondent J. Giles Sitting at my desk, around 6:40 p.m. the news comes in on my phone from a comrade on the ground at the Norfolk International Terminal strike: “We won, strike over.” I jump at my phone to make sure I read that correctly. I could not believe this news considering the strike…
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by worker-correspondent Lila Foley Longshoremen strike at midnight at Bayport Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan) From Texas to Maine, at midnight on October 1st, International Longshoremen’s Association workers (ILA) began to strike, following months of bad faith negotiations from the US Maritime Alliance (USMX). I visited the Virginia International…
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Update: A version of this article has been posted to People’s World Over 27,000 Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) workers won union elections for both of their bargaining units on Monday under the Fairfax Education Unions (FEU). Around 14,000 teachers and 13,000 support staff will be represented by an alliance between the local Fairfax chapters…
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In a move that shouldn’t surprise anyone, the Republican Governor of Virginia Glen Youngkin has recently blocked a proposal that would have seen a minimum wage increase to $13.50 per hour next year and up to $15 an hour in 2026. The reason stated by Youngkin had to do with the nature of the “free-market.”…
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Peace activists braved the March drizzle outside the Israeli embassy in DC in conjunction with millions across the world on Saturday to demand a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Resistance and an end to the genocide which Israel is carrying out against Palestinians. Present from Virginia were members of the Northern Virginia Club of…