Pre-Strike Unrest and Protest Archives - Labor History Resource Project

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…