West Virginia: Session called a ‘terrible failure’

by E Wayne Ross on March 8, 2006

Charleston Daily Mail: <a href=”http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2006030728/”

Members of one of the state’s largest teachers unions want to give lawmakers a wakeup call about what they say is a dire need for additional across-the-board teacher pay raises.

Judy Hale, president of the West Virginia chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, called this year’s legislative session as a “terrible failure” when it comes to educators’ pay and employee benefits.

She and other union members were slated to meet today in Charleston to talk about several bills that seem unlikely to advance before the session ends Saturday.