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

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

February 11, 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.…

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.…