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View: WV school employee strike explained

WV school employee strike explained

February 24, 2018

Excerpt West Virginia is in the middle of its second-ever teacher strike. Teachers, this time joined by school service personnel, walked off the job Thursday, when thousands came to the state Capitol to show their frustration with legislators and Gov. Jim Justice over what…

View: Community groups looking out for kids during WV teacher strike

Community groups looking out for kids during WV teacher strike

February 23, 2018

Featured Mandy Edwards Excerpt The statewide West Virginia teacher strike continued for a second day on Friday, but for Jennifer Holley and Rashard Clark, it was mostly business as usual at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, in downtown Charleston. “We do…

View: West Virginia Teachers, Protesting Low Pay, Walk Out

West Virginia Teachers, Protesting Low Pay, Walk Out

February 23, 2018

Featured Christine Campbell (AFT-WV); Cindy Nester; Kym Randolph (WVEA) Excerpt A two-day walkout by thousands of West Virginia public schoolteachers and employees to protest low pay will continue on Monday, organizers said on Friday afternoon. The American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia, the…

View: West Virginia Teachers Walk Out Over Pay, Benefits

West Virginia Teachers Walk Out Over Pay, Benefits

February 23, 2018

Featured Randi Weingarten (AFT); Christine Campbell (AFT-WV); Donald Thomas Excerpt All 55 West Virginia counties closed their public schools Thursday for the first day of what unions have announced, so far, will be a two-day work stoppage by public school employees…

View: W.Va. House votes to use budget surpluses to help fund PEIA

W.Va. House votes to use budget surpluses to help fund PEIA

February 22, 2018

Featured Randi Weingarten (AFT); Christine Campbell (AFT-WV); Donald Thomas Excerpt All 55 West Virginia counties closed their public schools Thursday for the first day of what unions have announced, so far, will be a two-day work stoppage by public school employees…

View: West Virginia Teachers Walk Out Over Pay, Benefits

West Virginia Teachers Walk Out Over Pay, Benefits

February 22, 2018

Featured Randi Weingarten (AFT); Christine Campbell (AFT-WV); Donald Thomas Excerpt All 55 West Virginia counties closed their public schools Thursday for the first day of what unions have announced, so far, will be a two-day work stoppage by public school employees…

View: West Virginia’s Teachers Walk Off The Job, Protesting Low Pay And Benefit Cuts

West Virginia’s Teachers Walk Off The Job, Protesting Low Pay And Benefit Cuts

February 22, 2018

Featured Randi Weingarten (AFT); Christine Campbell (AFT-WV); Donald Thomas Excerpt All 55 West Virginia counties closed their public schools Thursday for the first day of what unions have announced, so far, will be a two-day work stoppage by public school employees…

View: Thousands of school employees converge on Capitol amid work stoppage

Thousands of school employees converge on Capitol amid work stoppage

February 22, 2018

Featured Randi Weingarten (AFT); Christine Campbell (AFT-WV); Donald Thomas Excerpt All 55 West Virginia counties closed their public schools Thursday for the first day of what unions have announced, so far, will be a two-day work stoppage by public school employees —…

View: “They just don’t care”: Boone County school employees rally

“They just don’t care”: Boone County school employees rally

February 22, 2018

Featured Kelli Vance; Heather Ritter; Barbara Stowers; Scott Parsley; Casey Harmon Excerpt MADISON — As she was studying at Marshall University to be a teacher three years ago, Kelli Vance’s professors told her and her classmates that in the first few years…

View: WV students stand in solidarity with school employees

WV students stand in solidarity with school employees

February 21, 2018

Featured Fred Albert (AFT-WV in Kanawha County); Dinah Adkins (WVEA-Kanawha County) Excerpt A day before their teachers plan to walk out in protest against the Legislature, students at more than a dozen high schools in West Virginia showed up to class Wednesday…

View: Morrisey to oppose “illegal” planned statewide school work stoppages

Morrisey to oppose “illegal” planned statewide school work stoppages

February 21, 2018

Featured Bob Brown (AFT-WV); Dale Lee (WVEA) Excerpt Public school employee union leaders said Wednesday the statewide work stoppages they previously announced were on track to occur Thursday and Friday, and the West Virginia attorney general said in a news release that…

A look inside what happened with PEIA in West Virginia

February 21, 2018

Excerpt HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Many West Virginia students won’t be getting the school meals they depend on during this week’s two-day statewide walkout for teachers and school service workers. To help with that, many food banks and other organizations across the Mountain State are…