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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…

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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 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: 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: 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: Senate trying to put together pay, PEIA plan ahead of teachers’ walkout

Senate trying to put together pay, PEIA plan ahead of teachers’ walkout

February 19, 2018

Excerpt West Virginia Senate leadership is scrambling to come up with a compromise on pay and PEIA benefits before a scheduled statewide teachers walkout Thursday, but Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, said Monday it’s unlikely the Senate will support more than a 2 percent…

View: Statewide walkout announced for school teachers, employees on Thursday and Friday

Statewide walkout announced for school teachers, employees on Thursday and Friday

February 17, 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: Clay, Lincoln, Mason to join Cabell, Wayne in Friday school work stoppages

Clay, Lincoln, Mason to join Cabell, Wayne in Friday school work stoppages

February 14, 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.…