| 2018 West Virginia teachers and service personnel strike | |||
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| Part of the 2018–19 education workers' strikes in the United States | |||
 WV Teacher Strike at Bunker Hill Elementary School in Berkeley County, West Virginia. | |||
| Date | February 23, 2018 – March 7, 2018 | ||
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| Resulted in | 5% pay raise for all state employees in West Virginia [1] | ||
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The West Virginia teachers' and school personnel strike began on February 22, 2018, with a call from the West Virginia branches of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, and the West Virginia School Service Personnel for school employees across West Virginia to strike. The strike, called in response to anger among teachers and other school employees over low pay and high health care costs, involved roughly 20,000 teachers and public school employees and shut down schools in all 55 West Virginia counties, affecting some 250,000 students. It lasted until March 7, 2018.[2][3]
The strike inspired teachers in other states, including Oklahoma, Colorado, and Arizona, to take similar action.[4] Teachers in other states, including North Carolina and Kentucky have also coordinated protests and walkouts on a smaller scale.
- ^ McAlevey, Jane (2020). A Collective Bargain: unions, organizing, and the fight for democracy.
- ^ Hauser, Christine (February 23, 2018). "West Virginia Teachers, Protesting Low Pay, Walk Out". New York Times. Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ "Here's Why West Virginia Teachers Are On Strike". Time. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
- ^ "Inspired by West Virginia Strike, Teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky Plan Walk Out". KTLA. April 2, 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2018.