By JOANN SNODERLY
NCWV Media
FLATWOODS, W.Va. — West Virginia teachers and school service personnel voted in favor of authorizing their union leaders to call for a “day of action” if needed to send a message to the Legislature, according to union officials.
Teachers and service personnel in every county held votes last week on whether to give their union leadership the authority to call for action that could include a work stoppage.
The vote was taken as an education omnibus bill opposed by the unions makes its way through the House of Delegates after passing the state Senate.
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