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WV students stand in solidarity with school employees

February 21, 2018

Featured Fred Albert (AFT-WV in Kanawha County); Dinah Adkins (WVEA-Kanawha County) Excerpt A day before their teachers plan to walk out in protest against the Legislature, students at more than a dozen high schools in West Virginia showed up to class Wednesday…

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…

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…

Food backpacks going out across state ahead of planned teacher, school service worker walkouts

February 20, 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…

W. Va. teachers preparing for strike make sure empty classrooms won’t mean hungry students

February 19, 2018

Featured Renee Haines; Kasey Whisel Excerpt MARTINSBURG, W. Va. (ABC7) — Schools in West Virginia are bracing for a walk-out. Teachers across the state are threatening to strike this Thursday and Friday in a dispute over wages and insurance premiums. But as…