Sunday, March 4, 2018

Ashley Neece Teachers on Strike

Schools all over West Virginia are closed due to 20,000 teachers and 13,000 school service employees went on strike to demand better pay. West Virginia has the lowest teacher salary in America, and the strikes began after a law was passed that would only increase their pay by 1% and still raise their taxes for healthcare. State officials say that nothing will happen until the state can fix its economic problems, state attorney general Patrick Morisy called the strike illegal as well. When unions came about strikes for better pay for factory workers was common, and this was kind of similar in how state officials wanted to ban these strikes because of the economy.

http://time.com/5176094/west-virginia-teacher-strike/
http://wvmetronews.com/2018/02/21/attorney-general-teacher-strike-is-illegal/
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/west-virginia-teacher-strike-might-not-be-over-yet_us_5a970a85e4b0e6a52
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4 comments:

  1. BookerTStudentMarch 4, 2018 at 5:07 PM

    Olivia Wall- Teachers play such a huge role in our lives, and they should be paid accordingly.

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  2. AshtonMarch 4, 2018 at 7:43 PM

    I hope that West Virginia can raise the pay and that teachers can get what they deserve.

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  3. Melanie EscalanteMarch 4, 2018 at 10:07 PM

    Teachers are so unappreciated by students so it sucks that they also don’t get paid enough. I think we need to pay attention and appreciate the little things more so we can fully understand everything our teachers do for us.

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  4. UnknownMarch 5, 2018 at 12:14 PM

    teaching is one of the most underpaid profession in my opinion

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