Posted on 02/23/2018 4:32:36 PM PST by Morgana
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) - The West Virginia Education Association and American Federation of Teachers leaders say the statewide work stoppage will continue.
Schools across West Virginia will be closed on Monday.
The AFT-West Virginia, West Virginia Education Association, and the West Virginia School Service Personnel Association released the following statement:
(Excerpt) Read more at wowktv.com ...
west virginia strike arth ping
The problem is after 8 years of Zero and his war on coal the WV state economic turnip has been squeezed as far as it will go. I predict boom times there soon due to Trump, but is not there yet. However as with all government unions economics are never in the calculation. If we (the union) have the pull in the legislature to make the taxpayer fork it over he will. I don’t know do for sure but I imagine the whole things been made much worse by over hiring and good old fashion featherbedding.
I agree but I also agree with the teachers. It’s unreasonable what’s being asked of them. Esp when the people on the board are overpaid ne’er-do-wells.
Probably so!
In the past way back when I lived in WV, the school boards were where the local county/city political powers parked ne’er do-well relatives & idiot son-in-laws. I guess that’s still the case.
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
no gov’t employee should be in a union
I assume the headline writer meant ‘Teachers’ instead of “Teacher’s’. I thought one teacher was staging a walk out.
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The reasons have just been piling up this week, haven't they?
Summer school? Isn’t that time and a half? For the chilren...
I think the guv will only have direct authority over the state education board. The county boards are another matter, way back when I lived there they were notorious for nepotism, cronyism and corrupt practices. I’ve always wondered how the state distributes education money to the counties. There are 55 counties in WV. Many of them now have very small populations. I used to look at them and wonder how they paid law enforcement (sheriffs department, etc), fire and schools. The state clearly must pick up most of the tab. Maybe that’s the governors leverage?
Yep!
I had some sympathy for the teachers...until the strike. Many I’ve spoken to feel the same way, although are reluctant to say so openly. The teachers have lost a lot of support and I predict will lose more the longer they drag this out.
A lot of people would be ecstatic to make the “low” salaries the teachers quote, neglecting to mention they only work 9 months and have every conceivable holiday off. A lot of the people hearing this have equivalent or better degrees and are making less, working far longer hours, and for worse benefits. Now they have to find a way to deal with their children being off while the teachers throw their illegal and contract-violating temper tantrum.
But you won’t see the local news digging very deep to report that side.
http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/janus-v-american-federation-state-county-municipal-employees-council-31/
Here’s a different take....
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/west-virginia-teachers-walkout
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