In a big victory for union organizing in the south, 27,000 education workers in Fairfax County, Virginia just won their union election

Very big union win: teachers in one of the largest districts in the country--Fairfax County, VA--have voted to unionize, creating nearly 30K new members

Fairfax Education Association and Fairfax County Federation of Teachers - education workers have a voice on the job to improve their lives and the longevity of our kids’ education! Truly a historic win‼️

This historic win comes after a 47 year fight to legalize collective bargaining for lowest paid education workers in the D.C. region. Organizers said that legislative battle coupled with a worker-led organizing program paved the way for this landmark victory.

Congratulations to Fairfax Education Unions! - Signed the dad of a 2nd grader in a Fairfax County Public School.

Congratulations!!!!! 💜💜💜💜

'We'll have a seat at the table' | FCPS employees vote in favor of collective bargaining wusa9.com/article/news/e…

Fairfax County educators win their union! “This marks the culmination of a 47-year-long fight to win collective bargaining at Fairfax County Public Schools. This is undoubtedly a historic moment in Fairfax and a monumental step forward for labor” wusa9.com/article/news/e…

Public sector union organizing in red states is one of the best guardrails against the erosion of democracy that Republicans are pursuing. inthesetimes.com/article/fairfa…

When unions and working people come together we win.

"Some 27,500 Fairfax County Public Schools workers voted this week to unionize, marking a massive victory for education unions in the fight to bring collective bargaining rights to Virginia’s public sector." joe dh reports: labornotes.org/2024/06/big-un…

Strong public sector unions = a strong democracy. The Fairfax Education Unions victory in Fairfax, VA is not only a win for public school employees after years of prohibited collective bargaining, but also for our democracy as a whole inthesetimes.com//article/fairf…

Education unions just won a massive victory in the fight to bring collective bargaining rights to Virginia’s public sector. Workers at the Fairfax County Public Schools voted this week to unionize, creating a wall-to-wall union of 27,500 workers. labornotes.org/2024/06/big-un…

This week, workers in Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools voted to unionize, forming a union of 27,500 teachers, custodians, teaching assistants, bus drivers, and more. The vote has created one of the largest K-12 unions on the East Coast. jacobin.com/2024/06/fairfa…

Fairfax County Public Schools workers have voted to unionize in one of the biggest public sector union wins of the past quarter century. “There are some deep lessons for the entire labor movement in what just happened in Virginia.” inthesetimes.com/article/fairfa…

Education unions have won a big victory in the fight to bring collective bargaining rights to Virginia’s public sector. Workers at Fairfax County Public Schools just voted to unionize 27,500 teachers, custodians, teaching assistants, bus drivers, and more. jacobin.com/2024/06/fairfa…

SATURDAY, JUNE 15 💥 Fairfax Education Unions breaks down their BIG WIN 💥 DSA Labor 🌹 #UnionYes's Shayna Elliot on the WOW program 💥 FIFPRO FIGHTS against FIFA's exploitation 💥 Teamsters in KY making BIG BUCKS after unionizing 💥 AND MORE TUNE IN @ 930am ct: youtube.com/live/f0YXo9a81…

27,000 teachers in Virginia recently unionized, part of a decade-long public-sector labor push in what is still a righ-to-work state for the private sector. Harold Meyerson reports: prospect.org/blogs-and-news…

We were honored to be able to talk to leaders and rank and filers who made the biggest public sector union win in decades possible. Listen to our conversation with them about how, and why, they organized Fairfax County Schools cc Fairfax Education Unions youtu.be/a7JDMF4C9Tw