State Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy (D-Woodbridge) has filed legislation to repeal Virginia’s “right-to-work” law.
She’ll have more than just Virginia Republicans to convince about the merits of doing so.
Democrat and governor-elect Abigail Spanberger was clear on the campaign trail that she did not support repealing the law that lets people enjoy the benefits of a union contract without having to pay union dues.
Carroll Foy told Dogwood that she’s confident now is the time to repeal the law, which allows workers to opt out of union dues and membership, even when they work under a union contract and receive all the benefits of a union. This has the effect of weakening unions’ ability to negotiate stronger contracts for their workers.
Carroll Foy noted that the pandemic helped people see the importance of essential workers, and President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers has helped make clear the need for stronger support for workers.
“I really feel like now is the time for us to move this top agenda item forward,” Carroll Foy said in an interview.
Carroll Foy called “right-to-work” a “vestige of the Jim Crow-era that was put in place to keep black workers from joining unions” and entering the middle class.
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