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View: West Virginia teachers strike sheds light on stagnant wages for educators across the US

West Virginia teachers strike sheds light on stagnant wages for educators across the US

March 5, 2018

Featured Amy Neal (AFT-WV in Cabell County) Excerpt (CNN) - As the West Virginia teachers' strike enters its second week, there is a growing sense in progressive circles -- and among organized labor activists -- that what's happening in the Mountain…

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: With strike talk looming, House rejects larger pay raises for teachers

With strike talk looming, House rejects larger pay raises for teachers

February 12, 2018

Featured Dale Lee (WVEA) Excerpt A bill to provide modest pay raises to teachers, school service personnel and other state employees (Senate Bill 267) advanced to passage stage in the House of Delegates on Monday, after the House rejected costlier options. That…

View: Public workers want PEIA “fixed,” not “frozen”

Public workers want PEIA “fixed,” not “frozen”

February 12, 2018

Featured Fred Albert (AFT-WV in Kanawha County); Joe White (WV School Service Personnel Association); Jay O'Neal (WVEA-Kanawha County); Carrena Rouse (AFT-WV in Boone County); Stephen Reedy Excerpt The roughly 350-person audience at Monday’s Public Employees Insurance Agency health coverage hearing made clear…

View: Justice holds town hall with Logan County school employees

Justice holds town hall with Logan County school employees

February 6, 2018

Featured Leah Clay Stone (WVEA-Logan County); George Barker Excerpt LOGAN — At an impromptu town hall meeting Tuesday with Logan County educators, Gov. Jim Justice mentioned the possibility of placing a moratorium on changes to public employees’ health care benefits for this legislative…

View: Teachers from southern counties flood Capitol in protest

Teachers from southern counties flood Capitol in protest

February 2, 2018

Featured Joyce Bumbus, C.K. Dolan, Chloe White; Tiffany Sargent; Amelia Mullens; Dale Lee (WVEA); Angie Butcher; Mark Kennedy; Brittany Bauer; Helen Browning; Sam Dobson Excerpt Hundreds of teachers and other public employees from throughout West Virginia filled the Capitol Rotunda Friday morning…

View: Senate rejects larger teacher pay hikes; Justice proposes easing PEIA premiums

Senate rejects larger teacher pay hikes; Justice proposes easing PEIA premiums

February 1, 2018

Excerpt As at least three southern West Virginia counties announced school closures Friday because of planned teacher walkouts, the state Senate Thursday debated at length, but rejected two proposals to increase teacher pay raises beyond the series of 1 percent hikes sought by Gov.…

View: Angry teachers, public employees object to proposed PEIA benefits cuts

Angry teachers, public employees object to proposed PEIA benefits cuts

November 15, 2017

Featured Dale Lee (WVEA); Fred Albert (AFT-WV in Kanawha County); Linda Thompson (WV School Service Personnel Association) Excerpt Weary of seeing their health insurance benefits cut a little more each year, teachers, public employees and retirees turned out in Charleston Wednesday…