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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…

View: WV Legislature presents teachers with pay raise ultimatum: 4 percent over 3 years

WV Legislature presents teachers with pay raise ultimatum: 4 percent over 3 years

February 20, 2018

Featured Dale Lee (WVEA); Christine Campbell (AFT-WV); Mary Cathryn Ricker (AFT); Becky Pringle (NEA); Joe White (WV School Service Personnel Association); Greg Baker (WV Trooper Association); Josh Sword (WV AFL-CIO); Ken Hall (WV Teamsters); Levi Allen (UMW); Becky Hiteshew; Rachel Weber Excerpt…

View: PEIA Finance Board approves freeze on 2018-19 benefits plan

PEIA Finance Board approves freeze on 2018-19 benefits plan

February 20, 2018

Featured Dale Lee (WVEA); Christine Campbell (AFT-WV); Mary Cathryn Ricker (AFT); Becky Pringle (NEA); Joe White (WV School Service Personnel Association); Greg Baker (WV Trooper Association); Josh Sword (WV AFL-CIO); Ken Hall (WV Teamsters); Levi Allen (UMW); Becky Hiteshew; Rachel Weber Excerpt…

View: WV school employees may face legal consequences for work stoppage

WV school employees may face legal consequences for work stoppage

February 20, 2018

Featured Dale Lee (WVEA); Christine Campbell (AFT-WV); Mary Cathryn Ricker (AFT); Becky Pringle (NEA); Joe White (WV School Service Personnel Association); Greg Baker (WV Trooper Association); Josh Sword (WV AFL-CIO); Ken Hall (WV Teamsters); Levi Allen (UMW); Becky Hiteshew; Rachel Weber Excerpt…