Virginia
Today in labor history: 400 Black women strike over wages, conditions
May 6, 2013Writing in The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois described the upsurge among Black women and men tobacco workers as part of the great industrial union organizing drives.
Read moreRight to work for less amendment blocked in Virginia
February 20, 2013The radical right, big business and GOP coalition that pushes right to work for less legislation suffered a setback in Virginia in late January.
Read moreVa. election season underway
February 14, 2013All 100 seats in the 100-member House of Delegates, lower house of the Virginia General Assembly (the state legislature) and some local offices are up for grabs.
Read moreArrest in Virginia exposes the real voter fraud
October 29, 2012The arrest in Virginia last week of a young Republican operative reveals a possible large scale GOP voter fraud scheme.
Read moreU. Virginia students on solidarity hunger strike
March 1, 2012Students at the University of Virginia this morning began the 12th day of their hunger strike in support of higher wages for university workers.
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