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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…

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

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…

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.…

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: Public workers want PEIA “fixed,” not “frozen”

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…

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: School workers across W. Va. to authorize action

School workers across W. Va. to authorize action

February 11, 2018

Featured Ben Barkey (WVEA); Christine Campbell (AFT-WV); Dale Lee (WVEA); Kym Randolph (WVEA) Excerpt FLATWOODS — An “overwhelming” proportion of public school employees across the state have voted to authorize leaders of the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association…

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.…