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UNION PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO GOVERNOR’S PROPOSAL

The following is a statement from AFT- West Virginia President Christine Campbell regarding Governor Jim Justice’s press conference this morning:

A month before the November election, Governor Jim Justice held a press conference promising a 5% pay increase for teachers, service personnel and state employees during the next legislative session and pledged to set aside $100 million for PEIA. 

It’s insulting to the teachers and service personnel who courageously went on strike over stagnant wages, increasing healthcare costs and attacks on their

If you missed AFT-WV President Christine Campbell on WOWK-TV's Inside Politics, you can still watch it! Click here!

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The AFT-WV Committee on Political Education met on June 18th and voted on endorsements for the November 2018 general election. Additional endorsements for the WV Supreme Court of Appeals were made after the seats became available.

Endorsements are made using the voting record on education/worker's issues or questionaire answers/interviews of new candidates. 

Click here to view the UPDATED endorsements.

We need your help to elect candidates who support employees and public education. Let's remember in November!!

If you are interested in volunteering for an endorsed candidate, please call 304-344

The grades are in! 

Teachers, service personnel and public employees earned an "A" for electing 95% of AFT-WV's endorsed candidates in the recent primary election.

Click here to view the AFT-WV's Primary Election Endorsement Report Card.

This is fantastic, and proof that the strike is merely the beginning of the empowerment of education and public employees!

Now, we must take this momentum all the way to the November election! We have shown our power in the primary; let's spread our message in our communities over the new few months and elect candidates who will support our issues. 

After a rigorous questionaire and candidate interview process, AFT-WV announces our Primary Election Endorsements. 

AFT-WV endorsements are based on a candidate's views and/or voting record on education and workers issues. 

Click here to open a printable list of AFT-WV's Endorsements for the 2018 Primary Election.

It's time for the best week of the summer! Join us June 18-22, 2018!

AFT-West Virginia is conducting its 23rd annual weeklong educational summer program. This program is offered through the joint efforts of AFT-West Virginia, the Union Leadership Institute of the American Federation of  Teachers, and the Institute for Labor Studies and Research of West Virginia University. The program is offered in the belief that training for union activists is essential to the development of a strong, pro-active union, and that active union members complement both pre-K-12 and higher education. Summer School

Click here to watch The Capitol Report from March 6, featuring AFT-WV President Christine Campbell. 

Please click here to get the latest update on the settlement agreement. 

Please check email and our website frequently, as the situation changes rapidly.

Settlement Proposal Update

Negotiations are never easy and it's rare to get everything we want, but tremendous strides were made from where we started on the night of the State of the State.  If there is a breakdown in this package being passed by the senate and the house, then we reserve the right to return to the picket line.
 
PEIA:

While AFT-WV remains committed to the goal of a dedicated funding stream for PEIA, it was apparent that this was not going to occur during the final 10 days of the legislative session. The positive side is that employees are guaranteed a seat at the table to develop