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. This

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Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk was on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez talking this morning along with West Virginia Middle School Teacher Jay O’Neal about how the West Virginia Teachers’ strike is already starting to have an effect on teachers nationwide. Watch it here. Recently,

The West Virginia teachers’ strike now entering its second week appears to be inspiring the nation. It looks now like the teachers’ militancy to strike has inspired many of their students as well as teachers in other states. How far the teachers’ strike spreads at this point is unclear. On