VACPUSA

Virginia District of the Communist Party USA

  • Strike! ILA workers demand fair wages as companies make record profits

    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…

  • Historic Union Wins in Virginia

    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…

  • Governor Youngkin Vetoes Raising Minimum Wage

    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.”…

  • Hands Off Rafah! Peace Activists Rally to Israeli Embassy in DC

    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…

  • The November Elections in Virginia: A View From a Communist Party USA Member

    The Democratic Party in Virginia runs a weak game against the forces of the ultra-right within the red state. The Story So Far As of this writing, Glenn Youngkin’s administration has purged thousands of early votes from the database that tallies all the votes in total. This was mainly people with a felony conviction, though…

  • My Experience at the November 4th Pro-Palestine March

    On the afternoon of November 4th, 2023, a comrade and I attended the pro-Palestine march in Washington DC. I donned an Adidas sweater and gray pants alongside a face mask (due to concerns around both doxxing and COVID). About three blocks from Freedom Plaza, traffic was already heavily congested and we saw Palestinian flags and…