WV Teachers, Strike (career, college graduate, professor, scholarship)
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My understanding is the teachers were striking because they have lousy pay and lousy benefits. In this article, https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/us/we...ces/index.html a teacher says that she has 16 years experience and earns $42,000 a year! That's several thousand less than my school district pays new teachers with just a couple of years of experience and they get pretty good benefits, plus a strong union that protects them. What makes WV interesting is that it's a RTW state but these teachers pulled together to strike. I just heard on NPR that it's not clear that the 5% raise is for just this year or perhaps from their starting date, maybe 3% this year and 2% next year, etc. The legislature still has to approve and that's also in doubt. https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/e...6feb8a734.html
My understanding is the teachers were striking because they have lousy pay and lousy benefits. In this article, https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/us/we...ces/index.html a teacher says that she has 16 years experience and earns $42,000 a year! That's several thousand less than my school district pays new teachers with just a couple of years of experience and they get pretty good benefits, plus a strong union that protects them. What makes WV interesting is that it's a RTW state but these teachers pulled together to strike. I just heard on NPR that it's not clear that the 5% raise is for just this year or perhaps from their starting date, maybe 3% this year and 2% next year, etc. The legislature still has to approve and that's also in doubt. https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/e...6feb8a734.html
WV is starting to sound like Oklahoma. Years of experience and low pay.
I make more than that and I have a quarter of her experience.
Does WV have a teacher's union or they just decided to band together to get their grievances heard by Executive and Legislative branch?
Another article says, teachers are still protesting and the deal to open on Thursday might not happen at all.
WVA teachers who belong are members of either NEA or AFT locals. They only recently became a RTW state so I imagine most are still members of their locals and their mindsets quite different from states that have been long-time RTW.
Impressive how well they organized and stuck together.
I read online that although teachers can strike, Admin, Counselors, Nurses, and specialists (Speech, Psychs, etc...) are NOT allowed to strike and must report AND are expected to cover classes for teachers if school reopens.
I read online that although teachers can strike, Admin, Counselors, Nurses, and specialists (Speech, Psychs, etc...) are NOT allowed to strike and must report AND are expected to cover classes for teachers if school reopens.
Teachers in WVA aren’t allowed to strike by law.
Cost of living is usually around 2% so any raise less than 2% is not a raise at all, it is a pay cut.
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