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Governor betrayed Virginia’s public sector workers 2026-05-24 [Virginian-Pilot]

Unions Decry Spanberger Veto of Collective Bargaining Bill as ‘Betrayal to Virginia’s Workers’ 2026-05-16 [Common Dreams]

SEIUs Verrett, Thomas and Corearas: overnor Spanberger has betrayed er promise to Virginias workers 2026-05-15 [SEIU]

Gov. Spanberger Betrays More Than Half a Million Public Service Workers By Vetoing Historic Collective Bargaining Legislation 2026-05-15 [AFT]

Public Workers Make Headway on Bargaining Rights 2026-04-14 [Labour Notes]

Paid sick leave bill passes Virginia House of Delegates 2026-02-17 [VA Mercury]

Richmond workers protest ICE as DHS proposes new detention facility in Hanover 2026-01-24 [VA Dogwood]

CWA Campus Workers in Virginia Oppose Attacks on Higher Education 2026-01-09 [CWA D9]

UVA workers town hall meeting calls for better pay for university employees 2025-09-15 [29News]

Fired Virginia VA worker keeping options open after judge’s order to reinstate federal workers: 'In big letters, it said ‘TERMINATED’ in the subject line. I thought it was a joke. I thought we got hacked' 2025-03-16 [CBS]

New Group Of Alexandria Workers Take Step Toward Collective Bargaining 2024-07-30 [Patch]

Arborists In Virginia Vote to Join IAM, Become First-Ever Residential Tree Care Workers to Unionize in U.S. 2024-07-19 [IAM]

Justice for the Workers at Warrior Met Coal 2024-06-23 [UMWA]

Arlington schools approves first teachers union contracts in 47 years 2024-06-21 [Washington Post]

Big Union Win in Virginia Schools where Bargaining Suddenly Legal 2024-06-17 [Labour Notes]

Big Union Win in Virginia Schools where Bargaining Suddenly Legal 2024-06-14 [Labor Notes]

Collective bargaining rights are spreading across Virginia 2024-05-25 [IAFF]

ATU Local 689 gets tentative agreement with Fairfax Connector, bringing a likely end to two-week strike 2024-03-06 [Washington Post]

REPORT: Alliance Mobile in Virginia Hired a Union-Buster, But Workers Won 2024-02-28 [LaborLab]

Costco’s surprising response to workers’ union win: It’s not you, it’s us 2024-01-05 [CNN]

Norfolk Costco management 'disappointed' after workers’ union vote 2024-01-05 [NewsNation]

Norfolk Costco Workers Vote to Join Teamsters Union 2024-01-03 [Retail Touch Points]

Costco workers at VA store unionize 2023-12-24 [RetailDive]

AMAZON MISCLASSIFIED DRIVER, MUST PAY UNEMPLOYMENT TAXES ON ALL SIMILAR WORKERS, VIRGINIA COURT RULES 2023-09-30 [SIA]

VA governor amends bill ending subminimum wage for disabled workers 2023-04-06 [ABC]

'Patchwork’ of ordinances makes public-sector organizing a maze 2023-01-17 [Fauquier Times]

Transit Strikers Fight Privatized Race to the Bottom 2023-01-15 [Labour Notes]

Vallejo, Richmond charter school workers form rare union with IWW 2022-07-28 [VallejoSun]

Could Democratic General Assembly repeal Va.'s right-to-work laws? 2020-01-29 [VA Biz]

A strike in Virginia will determine the future of the area's public transit 2019-12-09 [Wash Post]

Virginia's rising minimum wage: A bittersweet change for workers and small businesses 2021-06-30 [WAVY]

Roanoke Starbucks workers unanimously vote to form union 2022-07-01 [WFXR]

Why Retiring Hershey's Workers Are Trying To Establish A Union 2022-02-23 [Tasting Table]

Some Hershey's Employees Want to Unionize, Say Workplace Not So Sweet For more info 2022-02-19 [Newsweek]

Commentary: Labor, the redheaded stepchild of the new Virginia 2021-03-03 [Strikewave]

Unionized Kroger Workers Protest 2021-08-04 [WVTF]

Military barbers strike at Fort Lee, calling for higher wages 2021-08-03 [ABC]

Volvo Trucks North America and UAW agree on six-year contract, suspending Dublin strike For more info 2021-07-16 [ABC]

State program would incentivize new workers with up to $1,000 2021-06-12 [VA Biz]

Protest by cake: Special deliveries to Sen. Mark R. Warner urge him to back the Pro Act 2021-05-07 [WaPo]

Volvo workers go on strike; IRS increases meal deduction 2021-04-21 [Overdrive]

Pulaski County auto workers at Volvo truck plant remain on strike 2021-04-20 [WDBJ]

Virginia board adopts final pandemic-long COVID workplace rules: First in U.S. 2021-02-01 [Pilot]

Virginia makes its COVID-19 workplace safety regulations permanent 2021-01-28 [VA Mercury]

Virginia's healthcare workers start receiving vaccinations 2020-12-16 [Times Union]

Local union calls for more safety measures, hazard pay for GLTC bus drivers 2020-08-27 [WDBJ]

Gov. Northam signs new laws to support Virginia workers 2020-04-13 [NBC]

$15 minimum wage, paid sick days hang in balance as Democrats debate labor priorities 2020-02-18 [VA Mercury]

Virginia Senate committee advances bill to allow local collective bargaining 2020-02-06 [Ctr Square]

Virginia is a great place for business, but not workers 2020-02-03 [NBC]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

3-06-1900 The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union is founded in New York City. [more]

3-06-2016 A federal judge ruled that women's soccer players could not go on strike, despite their collective bargaining agreement (which included a no-strike clause) having expired. The women were in dispute over pay discrimination. [more]

4-06-1912 Massachusetts becomes the first US state to establish a minimum wage [more]

4-06-2012 When National Football League referees failed to agree to a new contract, which included big pension cuts, the NFL locked them out and began hiring scabs to replace them. Bosses came up with a revised offer which was agreed on 26 September. [more]

6-06-1933 10,000 auto workers strike in Lansing, Michigan and paralyze the city for a month following the arrest of 9 of them, including the union president's wife forced to leave 3 children alone at home. [more]

8-06-1917 Disaster at the Spectator mine in Butte, Montana: 168 dead. [more]

9-06-1865 Helen Marot, campaigner for working women, is born. [more]

10-06-1963 Congress adopts a law on equal pay for men and women. [more]

11-06-1913 Police shoot at maritime workers on strike at United Fruit Co. in New Orleans, killing one. [more]

12-06-1904 Defying AFL's Samuel Gompers, 50,000 members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen walk off their jobs. [more]

16-06-1918 Railroad union leader and socialist Eugene Debs makes his famous speech against capitalism in Canton, OH, which will land him in jail. [more]

17-06-1903 In Philadelphia, "Mother Jones" organizes a demonstration of children who had been mutilated in textile factories to draw public attention to their fate. [more]

19-06-1912 The eight-hour day is adopted for Federal employees [more]

20-06-1947 President Truman vetoes the anti-union Taft-Hartley Act, but his veto is overturned by Congress three days later. [more]

20-06-1893 The American Railway Union is founded with Eugène Debs at its head. [more]

21-06-1877 Hanging in Pennsylvania of 10 miners accused of being "Molly Maguires" activists sentenced to death on the basis of an investigation carried out by a private detectives agency sponsored by a private company. [more]

23-06-1999 Workers at Fieldcrest Cannon textile plants in North Carolina vote for union recognition after a 25 year struggle [more]

27-06-1905 The Industrial Workers of the World, later popularly known as the Wobblies, is founded in Chicago with the aim of uniting all workers in One Big Union [more]

29-06-1894 Over 125,000 workers on two dozen railroads have joined the boycott of Pullman cars [more]

30-06-1918 Socialist anf labor leader Eugene Debs is arrested under the Espionage Act for making an anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio [more]