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Beginning April 1st, educators can join Education West Virginia.

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WV Day of Action to Protect our Kids and Public Education
March 4, 2025
Wear BLUE and RED for public ed! 

What’s This Campaign About
-Public schools are under attack. The Trump administration wants to slash education funding and gut the Department of Education, so he can give tax cuts to billionaires. These cuts will hit the kids who need the most support—students in poverty, students with disabilities, and working-class families.
-We’re fighting back. On the federal level, no more cuts. No block grants. Protect our kids. On the state level, we need lawmakers to focus on PEIA, pay and student

AFT-WV President Responds to State of the State Address

Charleston - AFT-West Virginia President Kristie Skidmore responded to Governor Patrick Morrisey’s  State of the State address: 

“While we are glad the Governor mentioned the top three issues for our members-- PEIA, student behavior and salaries—we need more detail about what his proposals will look like. We are pleased to hear the Governor listed PEIA as an issue that absolutely must be addressed and his goal to create both short and long-term solutions. However, it’s still the details of any solution that everyone needs to hear. Our

Delegates to the 2024 AFT-WV Convention, held Nov. 15-16 in Charleston, approved the 2025 Legislative Agenda. The document outlines the union's major goals and priorities for the upcoming legislative session. Among the top priorities are salaries, the stabilization of employee health care benefits, and student discipline. 

Click here to read the 2025 AFT-WV Legislative Agenda. 

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The PEIA Finance Board met today in Charleston to discuss the feedback from the PEIA public hearings and vote on the Fiscal Plan for 2026. 

The plan adopted at the Finance Board meeting was the same one that had been discussed at the public hearings, except for two amendments approved by the Board. The first amendment removed the proposal to collapse the salary tiers from 10 to 5. This was a positive step, advocated for by the unions during the public hearings, as the tier collapse would have financially hurt our lowest-earning employees the hardest. The second amendment removed increased

During the AFT-WV Convention, held November 15-16 in Charleston, the following locals and individuals were recognized for their contributions to the union: 

• Pride of the Union Award- AFT-Cabell County

• Membership Growth Awards 
NET GROWTH
-2nd Place Net ReGrowth--Raleigh Co Federation of Teachers 
-1st Place Net Re-Growth--AFT-WV Service Personnel 

PERCENTAGE GROWTH
-2nd Place Percentage ReGrowth--AFT-Raleigh Service Personnel 
-1st Place Percentage Re-Growth --AFT-Nicholas Service Personnel 

•Apple awards (3 winners) 
The Apple Award -Because You Make a Difference-was presented to :
Bill McCloud -

At their annual convention held at the Embassy Suites on November 15-16, 2024, the state chapter of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT-West Virginia) elected new leadership for their organization.

Kristie Skidmore, a 30-year veteran teacher from Randolph County, was elected president of the union. Skidmore has served as a member at large on the AFT-West Virginia Executive Board since 2017 and is the current president of AFT-Randolph County. Former President Fred Albert retired after a 6-year stint as president. 

Skidmore, elected to a 3-year term, begins the role immediately and will speak