The Virginia Worker

The following editorial comes from former Target Workers Unite organizer Sal Rojo in response to Adelle Waldman’s and Matt Bruenig’s New York Times article citing the Target Workers Unite platform as Waldman and Bruenig advocate for a 40 hour work week. Recently, Adelle Waldman and Matt Bruenig published an article in the New York Times…

UFCW Local 400 member Daniel Blankenship, based in Southwestern Virginia, submits the following editorial in response to the Virginia Democrats’ redistricting campaign, which they argue is anti-democratic and makes the task of building an independent working class party all the more difficult. Virginia liberals are plotting to undermine what scant democracy Virginia workers have access…

Editor’s Note: The Blue Ridge IWW has issued the following statement over a recent National Labor Relations Board settlement between their union members and Red Rooster Coffee Roasters based in Floyd, Virginia. FLOYD, VA: In 2024 workers at Red Rooster Coffee Roasters, based in Floyd, Virginia, began organizing over workplace conditions with the hope of…

The following article from Virginia union organizer Chris Townsend comes to us courtesy of MLToday. Everyone has heard of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the “CIA”. But do we know what it is, and what it does? And what of its track record? Apparently, some in our movement have not heard. Possibly they are young,…

The following report comes from Sal Rojo as they attended the one-day conference of the Virginia chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association hosted in Alexandria, Virginia on September 19th, 2025. (Alexandria) – The fourth annual conference of the Virginia chapter of the Labor Employment Relations Association (LERA) came to a close on September…

The debate within the Industrial Workers of the World continues as IWW members and delegates issue replies to the founding statement of the Haywood Cannon Caucus. The following response comes from an IWW member known as Solar Communist The Haywood-Cannon Caucus released a set of proposals along with a revealing preamble. Its release has caused…

This past year has seen many developments, especially the electoral charade of the Democrat versus Republican presidential candidates. Palestine, Ukraine, and Syria have all become flashpoints in geopolitical struggles between contending capitalist powers, reshaping spheres of influence, all the while the US and global working class remain passive and disorganized. Just as the working class…

The following submission comes from Target Workers Unite members honoring the legacy of founding member Sharon Keel who recently succumbed from her battle with cancer Founding member of Target Workers Unite Sharon Keel has succumbed to her battle with cancer. She leaves a lasting imprint in the Virginia labor movement, which cannot be replaced. Eight…

Editor’s Note: The following submission comes from Blair Peach, a rank and file union member of the Delaware Education Association issuing the following response to Chris Townsend’s article “Virginia Labor History Controversy” We have used the summer break as an opportunity to make some sorely belated comments in reply to Chris Townsend’s “Virginia Labor History…

The Haywood-Cannon Caucus within the Industrial Workers of the World issues the following statement on their proposition to jump-start the union. We all know the rich and heroic history of the Industrial Workers of the World. After the collapse of the first US industrial union – the Knights of Labor –  which created the slogan…