IATSE Local 22: “Jennifer Carroll Foy is the only candidate we trust who can rebuild Virginia’s economy, fight for worker’s rights, and ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive and prosper.”
(Woodbridge, VA) – Today, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 22, representing theater and entertainment employees in the D.C. metro area, endorsed Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy and her fight for working people in Virginia. More unions have endorsed Carroll Foy than any other candidate in the race.
“Jennifer Carroll Foy has been an advocate for working people since Day One,’’ said David McIntyre, President of IATSE Local 22. “She has done everything from successfully pass legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and ensure that working people have the healthcare they deserve. Especially as we recover from this pandemic that has devastated our industry and workers, we need a leader who will center working people, not special interests. Jennifer Carroll Foy is the only candidate we trust who can rebuild Virginia’s economy, fight for worker’s rights, and ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive and prosper.”
“I am truly honored to have the support of IATSE Local 22 and its members, and to have so many working people stand with me because they know I will always stand with them,” said Carroll Foy. “I’ve lived the everyday struggles of stretching a paycheck and going without healthcare. That’s why I’ve fought so hard as Delegate to expand healthcare and ensure that workers are being paid a living wage. I’ll continue that fight as Governor of Virginia and ensure that workers’ and their families have the opportunity to not just survive, but to thrive.”
In addition to IATSE Local 22, UNITE HERE Local 25, AFGE Council 1, Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association, Baltimore-DC Metro Building and Construction Trades Council, IUPAT District Council 51, Amalgamated Transit Union, Teamsters Joint Council 55 and Teamsters Local 730, American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, United Brotherhood of Carpenters, Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, and IBEW Local 26 have also endorsed her candidacy.
Carroll Foy continues to build a broad, diverse coalition that is reaching Virginians across the Commonwealth. Her people-powered campaign is supported by over a thousand volunteers and allied organizations organizing across the Commonwealth. To date, community leaders, unions and organizations representing millions of working people have endorsed her candidacy, including:
- Amalgamated Transit Union
- American Federation of Government Employees Local 252 and Council 1
- Baltimore-DC Metro Building and Construction Trades Council
- IBEW Local 26
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 51
- Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association (Plumbers Local 5, Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 10, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 110, Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486, Plumbers and Steamfitters 489, Steamfitters Local 602, and Sprinkler Fitters Local 669)
- Teamsters Local 730 and Joint Council 55
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
- UNITE HERE Local 25
- Clean Virginia
- CASA in Action
- Democracy for America
- Her Bold Move
- EMILY’s List
- Feminist Majority PAC
- March On
- People for the American Way
- Richmond for All
- Run Sister Run PAC
- Sunrise Movement
- Sunrise Movement Virginia
- Virginia Justice Democrats
- #VOTEPROCHOICE
- Women for the Win
- Working Families Party
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Jennifer Carroll Foy has dedicated her life to service. As one of the first women to graduate from Virginia Military Institute, a former foster mom, a magistrate judge, and public defender, Jennifer has embodied the ideals of community, honor and commitment in every facet of her life. During her time in the legislature, Jennifer led the way on the Equal Rights Amendment, proudly supported the successful fight to expand Medicaid to over 500,000 Virginians, and passed a budget that includes a 3% salary increase for teachers. She is a proud mother to twin three year olds, and wife to her husband Jeff, who she met her first week at VMI.