Rewire.News - Tax cuts for oil and gas giants have starved state coffers as teacher pay in West Virginia has stagnated. Senate President Mitch Carmichael has opposed any oil and gas tax increases that could be used to pay teachers decent wages. Read.
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CNN - West Virginia schools closed for nine days as the state's teachers went on strike for higher wages and better benefits. Read.
West Virginia Public News Service - Striking teachers are angry about rising health care premiums and eroding benefits from West Virginia's Public Employee Insurance Agency. But what would a real PEIA fix look like? Read.
Grist.org - The 48th lowest-earning teachers in the country are eight days into a strike that demands a 5 percent pay raise. They’re frustrated by rising health care costs and, y’know, working at Hardee’s on the weekends to make ends meet. Read.
Nottingham Observer - All 55 Counties in West Virginia have canceled school due to the teacher work stoppage. Read.
The New Republic - On Thursday, the public school teachers of West Virginia staged a wildcat strike. Without authorization from either of the state’s two education unions—the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association—teachers walked out to register their dissatisfaction with the government’s response to their grievances. Read.
Huffington Post - Striking teachers and other public employees in West Virginia have shut down schools across the state for more than a week, flooding the capitol in Charleston each day to rebuke their lawmakers. Read.
State Journal - About four hours after receiving official notice that Gov. Jim Justice had increased the state’s revenue projection Wednesday, the House of Delegates passed a bill to give teachers a 5 percent pay raise. Read.
Beckley Register-Herald - Under the banner of “The Time Is Now,” the third Summit on Race Matters in the Greenbrier Valley held a full day of workshops in Lewisburg on Saturday. Read.
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - After two days of work stoppage and picketing at the Capitol and on the streets of their own communities, West Virginia teachers and other state employees will be back at it again Monday, Feb. 26. Read.