ACTION ALERT! 
SB 460 (vax exemption bill defeated on the House floor two weeks ago) was amended into HB 2776 in the Senate Health Committee today! 

Contact the Senate to OPPOSE HB 2776 with SB 460 amended into it! 

Email addresses:

bill.hamilton@wvsenate.gov; robbie.morris@wvsenate.gov; darren.thorne@wvsenate.gov; jason.barrett@wvsenate.gov; patricia.rucker@wvsenate.gov; tom.willis@wvsenate.gov; mike.stuart@wvsenate.gov; rupie.phillips@wvsenate.gov; ryan.weld@wvsenate.gov; laura.chapman@wvsenate.gov; amy.grady@wvsenate.gov; eric.tarr@wvsenate.gov; mike.woelfel@wvsenate.gov; scott.fuller@wvsenate

Wednesday was Crossover Day, when bills must be read from their house of origin a third time. Essentially, this day whittles down the number of active bills and the legislative pace will quicken to move bills through the committee process of the receiving chamber. Thanks to your calls and emails, we had a nice victory in House Education Friday morning when SB 189 failed on a voice vote to advance from the committee. 

Read all the details in this week's 

In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.

The pace has quickened at the Capitol as crossover day looms next week.

Get the latest news on what bills are moving in this week's AFT-WV Legislative Update: 3-27-25. 

On February 28, 2024, AFT-WV and WVEA released a joint statement regarding the future of both organizations.