Hempfield, PA – “I love this crowd, this is exactly my kind of crowd!” shouted Jon “Bowzer” Bauman of Sha Na Na fame as he set up his piano in the back room of Lilja’s Pizza in Hempfield, PA while a crowd of 30 local Westmoreland County Democratic Committee Members

Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk filed a dispatch for the Guardian examining what the victory in West Virginia means for the labor movement: The strike is also likely to have a positive effect on the morale of teachers in other states who are fighting cuts driven by legislators’ unpopular

This afternoon, union leaders, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice, and Republican leaders of the state legislature reached a deal to end the 9-day West Virginia teachers’ strike. As part of the deal, all public employees — not just teachers in the state — will receive a 5% raise across the board.

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