By BROOKE BINNS The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — A work stoppage continues today for teachers and school service personnel across West Virginia, closing schools around the state. Despite the West Virginia State Legislature approving a multi-year pay raise for teachers, school service employees and the West Virginia State Police, the[Read More…]
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‘They just don’t care’: Boone County school employees rally
By CAITY COYNE Charleston Gazette-Mail MADISON, W.Va. — As she was studying at Marshall University to be a teacher three years ago, Kelli Vance’s professors told her and her classmates that in the first few years of their careers, they would probably see a teachers’ strike. “They said, ‘not sure when,[Read More…]
Mingo school employees enter first day of statewide strike
By TRAVIS CRUM Williamson Daily News WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — School employees in Mingo County said they will continue to strike beyond Friday unless a permanent fix is made to their health insurance benefits. Intimidation over possible fines or jail time for their actions did not scare them, they said. More than[Read More…]
Wood County teachers, service employees on the picket lines
By MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Area teachers and service personnel stood in the rain and cold Thursday to protest low pay and dwindling benefits as part of a statewide work stoppage. Thousands of public employees converged on Charleston Thursday morning to hold protests on the[Read More…]
Berkeley, Jefferson stand together amid statewide walkout
By TIM COOK and ADRANISHA STEPHENS The Journal HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — Teachers and other public employees across the state went demonstrated Thursday and today as expected, making it the first statewide work stoppage to hit West Virginia schools in nearly 30 years. Across Berkeley County, hundreds of teachers settled outside of[Read More…]
Concerned parents, teachers, school employees rally in local communities in support of being ’55 Strong’
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — “55 Strong.” That was the motto for all teachers and school employees from all 55 counties in West Virginia as they rallied in their local communities during a statewide walkout Thursday. Adrian Wilson stood on the sidewalks of downtown Beckley Thursday morning as[Read More…]
Teachers rally evokes memory of 1990 strike in West Virginia
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — In the West Virginia Encyclopedia, there is only one entry under “Teachers’ Strike,” though that’s sure to soon change. Only once before had the state’s storied history of labor conflict starred school employees, the most viable job option in many counties, prior to 2018.[Read More…]
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West Virginia legislators Ward, Caputo, Longstreth react to tense day
By CAITLYN NEFF, CARTER WALKER and EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — While West Virginia teachers and service personnel rallied in the hallways of the Capitol on Thursday, Marion County legislative representatives were working hard in session. Gov. Jim Justice recently passed a pay raise bill for teachers, school[Read More…]
Legislators take aim at longterm funding for PEIA as Senate president hopes teacher walkout ends
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As teachers and school personnel poured into the Capitol as part of a two-day statewide walkout voicing concerns about pay and the Public Employees Insurance Agency, legislative leadership said they are working to find longterm funding solutions. A bill to dedicate 20 percent[Read More…]
