Virginia AFL-CIO participates politically and legislatively from the yearly election cycles to lobbying legislators on issues most important to workers across the Commonwealth. The General Assembly, located in the Richmond, Virginia  is the place where Virginia's laws are made by our elected officials: the 100 House of Delegates and our 40 state Senators.  

 

 Although Virginia AFL-CIO attends the General Assembly session every year, after this past November's election results, this year is different. Virginia’s labor movement is now at a crucial place where we must not just fight for ourselves, but we must protect the progress we have made. In the last few years, we had the chance to really pursue an aggressive pro-worker agenda at the General Assembly, and we did, and we came out of that fight victorious. To hold on to our victories, we have to show up at the General Assembly session -- be seen and be heard. 

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Virginia AFL-CIO believes that the General Assembly is the place where we can fight the hardest and make the biggest difference in the lives of all Virginia's working families.