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View: Look Back 2018: West Virginia teachers strike for better pay

Look Back 2018: West Virginia teachers strike for better pay

December 31, 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…

View: All of West Virginia’s teachers have been on strike for over a week

All of West Virginia’s teachers have been on strike for over a week

March 4, 2018

Featured Alex Hoggsett; Dale Lee (WVEA); Brandon Wolford (WVEA-Mingo County); David Haney (WVEA); Matt Jones; Adam Culver Excerpt The statewide public school employees strike that began last Thursday will continue today, despite state-level union leaders’ call for workers to return to…

View: West Virginia teacher strike set to continue Tuesday

West Virginia teacher strike set to continue Tuesday

February 26, 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: Local Teachers Continue Picket

Local Teachers Continue Picket

February 26, 2018

Featured Dale Lee (WVEA); Joe White (WV School Service Personnel Association); Christine Campbell (AFT-WV) Excerpt Nancy Peyton of The Logan Banner reports teachers and service personnel were out across the county during the second day of the statewide walkout. Schools in all 55…

View: Here’s Why West Virginia Teachers Are On Strike

Here’s Why West Virginia Teachers Are On Strike

February 26, 2018

Featured Christine Campbell (AFT-WV); Cecil Roberts (UMW); Joe White (WV School Service Personnel Association) Excerpt Union leaders announced Monday the statewide teacher and school service personnel work stoppage would continue Tuesday. Speaking at a rally on the Capitol steps, Christine Campbell,…

View: Union officials: Teacher strike continues Tuesday

Union officials: Teacher strike continues Tuesday

February 26, 2018

Featured Christine Campbell (AFT-WV); Cecil Roberts (UMW); Joe White (WV School Service Personnel Association) Excerpt Union leaders announced Monday the statewide teacher and school service personnel work stoppage would continue Tuesday. Speaking at a rally on the Capitol steps, Christine Campbell, president of…

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: 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: 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…

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…