West Virginia teachers: No raise? No school; strike goes on

Seattle Times Sunday, 4 March 2018 ()
West Virginia teachers: No raise? No school; strike goes onUnions representing West Virginia teachers and service personnel say they will stay out on strike after the state Senate voted to cut the 5 percent pay raise they had negotiated with Gov. Jim Justice. In a joint statement Saturday, the American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia, West Virginia Education Association and the School Service Personnel Association […]
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(Reuters) - West Virginia teachers said their strike would go on at least through Monday, as state lawmakers unraveled the governor’s promise of a raise in a late Saturday night legislative session, union officials said. Dale Lee, the president of the West Virginia Education Association, said in a...

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