Virginia is on the line in 2023

Virginia may be “on the verge of the death spiral that comes when government unions conquer a state,” writes John Tillman, the CEO of our parent organization. Living in Chicago, he’s seen it before, as he wrote in his recent piece for the Wall Street Journal “Glenn Youngkin’s Quest to Keep Virginia From Becoming Illinois.”...

Virginia may be “on the verge of the death spiral that comes when government unions conquer a state,” writes John Tillman, the CEO of our parent organization. Living in Chicago, he’s seen it before, as he wrote in his recent piece for the Wall Street Journal “Glenn Youngkin’s Quest to Keep Virginia From Becoming Illinois.”

All 140 seats in the commonwealth’s General Assembly will be contested this November, and the outcome will decide if the unions continue their takeover of Virginia – or if the people rein them in. 

Tillman writes, “It may be now or never to stop Virginia from becoming a wholly owned union subsidiary like Illinois.”

One of the tallest hurdles Virginia will have to overcome is what Tillman calls the “teachers union monopoly in education.”

As he wrote, “With an influx of union dues, unions have opened the floodgates on election spending. The Virginia Education Association, the state’s largest teachers’ union, increased its political contributions 11-fold between 2020 and 2022, and it’s on track to break that record this year.” 

Around Virginia, unions are playing to win – and a pro-school-choice agenda is their greatest threat. Those who are worried about the commonwealth’s future, either in the education of its children or its ability to operate outside of union control, will need to stay informed. Stay tuned to Virginia Works as we keep you updated on what’s happening and how you can make a difference.