Michael Virtanen
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Albany, NY, United States
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West Virginia teachers: No raise? No school; strike goes on
Unions representing West Virginia teachers and service personnel said public schools would be closed again Monday. → Read More
West Virginia teachers: No raise, no school; strike goes on
Associated Press Unions 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 the governor. A joint legislative committee has been formed to address differences in the pay raise bills of the state Senate and House. In a joint statement Saturday, the American Federation of… → Read More
West Virginia teachers: No raise? No school; strike goes on
Associated Press Unions 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 said Senate… → Read More
Senate votes; West Virginia teachers say strike won't end
Associated Press Unions representing West Virginia teachers and service personnel said Saturday that 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, the American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia, West Virginia Education Association and the School Service Personnel Association said Senate… → Read More
Senate votes; West Virginia teachers say strike won't end
Associated Press Unions representing West Virginia teachers and service personnel said Saturday that 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, the American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia, West Virginia Education Association and the School Service Personnel Association said Senate… → Read More
West Virginia teachers: No raise, no school; strike goes on
Associated Press Unions 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 the governor. A joint legislative committee has been formed to address differences in the pay raise bills of the state Senate and House. In a joint statement Saturday, the American Federation of… → Read More
West Virginia teachers: No raise, no school; strike goes on
Associated Press Unions 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 the governor. A joint legislative committee has been formed to address differences in the pay raise bills of the state Senate and House. In a joint statement Saturday, the American Federation of… → Read More
West Virginia teachers: No raise? No school; strike goes on
Associated Press Unions 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 said Senate… → Read More
West Virginia teachers: No raise, no school; strike goes on
Associated Press Unions 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 the governor. A joint legislative committee has been formed to address differences in the pay raise bills of the state Senate and House. In a joint statement Saturday, the American Federation of… → Read More
West Virginia teachers: No raise? No school; strike goes on
Associated Press Unions 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 said Senate… → Read More
Senate votes; West Virginia teachers say strike won't end
Associated Press Unions representing West Virginia teachers and service personnel said Saturday that 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, the American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia, West Virginia Education Association and the School Service Personnel Association said Senate… → Read More
West Virginia teachers continue strike, await Senate action
A public school strike in West Virginia entered its second week as teachers balked at returning to the classroom in all 55 counties. Instead, they went back to the state Capitol on Thursday to... → Read More
West Virginia House approves raises to end teacher strike
West Virginia's House approved a 5 percent pay raise negotiated by Gov. Jim Justice to end a walkout by West Virginia teachers though schools in 28 of its 55 counties planned to stay... → Read More
West Virginia House approves raises to end teacher strike
West Virginia's House approved a 5 percent pay raise negotiated by Gov. Jim Justice to end a walkout by West Virginia teachers though schools in 28 of its 55 counties planned to stay... → Read More
Striking West Virginia teachers have eye on fall elections
West Virginia's teachers striking for the fourth day over low pay and rising insurance costs say state legislators are failing to learn their history and civics lessons, which may have to be driven home at the ballot box in November. → Read More
Striking West Virginia teachers to return to class Thursday
Striking teachers in West Virginia will return to the classroom on Thursday, Gov. Jim Justice said in announcing he's offering teachers and school service personnel a revised 5 percent pay... → Read More
West Virginia teachers to continue strike Tuesday
Thousands of striking schoolteachers who have shut down West Virginia classrooms for days are demanding a face-to-face meeting with the governor and legislative leaders on their pay... → Read More
Candidates in Pennsylvania House race oppose weapons ban
PITTSBURGH — In the year’s first congressional race, Republican and Democratic candidates in suburban Pittsburgh said Monday they oppose banning weapons like the semi-automatic rifle used in Florida last week → Read More
Frustration sets in after coal mine health study suspended
Chuck Nelson spent his life in this corner of Appalachia, working for years in the coal mines a good job in the economically depressed area. But he says the industry that helped him earn a living cost him his health, and his wife's, too.The 61-year-old Ne → Read More
Frustration sets in after coal mine health study suspended
Chuck Nelson spent his life in this corner of Appalachia, working for years in the coal mines — a good job in the economically depressed area. But he says the industry that helped him earn a living cost him his health, and his wife's, too. The 61-year-old Nelson blames his kidney and liver... → Read More