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Violence against students is an act of cowardice and shame. Read our full statement on the actions of VCU PD and VSP below, and donate now to @RVABailFund: ucw-vcu.medium.com/the-work-of-ed…

Richmond muralist paints "Not for sale" over mural at Padel Plant in protest richmond.com/news/local/art…

Over the past 50 years, $79 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1% according to that bastion of socialism-the RAND Corporation. That’s trillion with a t.

This is your LAST WEEK to RSVP for Unite & Win: An EWOC Organizing Conference, June 27–29 in Detroit. Get your tickets by May 16 to learn how to organize your workplace, connect with other worker-organizers, and build power together. RSVP 🔗👇

This is for folks working in higher ed in VA: did y'all know SCHEV was asking universities to report on any employees whose job was "25% DEI"?

@UCWVA has an op ed in the @RTDNEWS today! Higher ed workers need Collective Bargaining: richmond.com/opinion/column…

HUGE NEWS: @VaHouse & @VASenate pass Collective Bargaining and Worker Retention bills to ensure good union jobs, dignity and justice for hard-working Virginians! #UnionsForAll #OrganizeTheSouth

This is despicable and quite likely illegal. @AAUP believes in free inquiry on critical issues, not authoritarian control over research. Trump and his ilk are despots. @AFTunion @UAW @uaw_4811 @CWAUnion @HigherEdLabor @SEIU @NEAToday @SFNDHE science.org/content/articl…

Collective bargaining has passed the House! thank you to all our delegates who stood with workers on the house floor today.

Dismantling the Dept. of Ed is NOT how we put families first. It's an extremist scheme to gut public schools & take away educational opportunities for children, students with disabilities & more. A slap in the face to school workers across the country. abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump…

Everyone wins when workers stand up for their colleagues, their students, and their communities. That is why we are fighting for unions for all!

In the next couple of days our legislators will vote on collective bargaining and paid leave for all, and basic transparency needs for stakeholders in higher education! There's still time to tell your legislators to vote YES on all these essential bills.

Happy crossover to all who celebrate! We're watching a crucial set of bills over the next 48 hours to ensure basic rights for working people.

We love to see it!

Today we joined @SEIUVA512 and @VEA4Kids in support of bargaining for all public workers in Va! We are proud to see an omnibus bill pass through Labor and Commerce. Thank you to Senators @JCarrollFoy, @ssurovell, and @SenLouiseLucas for supporting workers with this legislation.

What a beautiful rally! Congratulations to our Lobby Day organizers for a powerful showing of worker and student power at the General Assembly this week. We are fighting every day to restore our rights and take back our universities.

Nearly 600 Richmonders are facing homelessness, according to a recent count. Compare that with only 100 cold weather shelter beds available on a walkup basis. The remaining beds are referral-based, accessible via a hotline that stops operating at 9 p.m. richmond.com/news/local/gov…

Wrapped up the first week in Richmond meeting with advocates for our public college workers and needed criminal justice reforms in Virginia! We have a lot of work ahead, but we are energized and ready to fight for it. @UCWVA @JusticeFwdVa

When we lobby we do so in solidarity with each other, our students, and our communities. Public sector workers serve the public. We will be tracking these bills and talking to our legislators about their vote—more soon!

We believe that all our issues are united! That's why we're also fighting for affordable housing for all of us. That means our representatives should vote YES on SB832, sponsored by @SenatorLocke and HB1870, sponsored by @DelegateCallsen.