NATION : W.Va. Teachers End Strike
Teachers throughout West Virginia returned to their classrooms today after voting overwhelmingly to end an 11-day strike.
Unions in 43 of the state’s 55 counties voted by large majorities Sunday or early today to accept a back-to-school agreement reached by union leaders and state legislative leaders Saturday.
“We’ve made our point. We won a lot of respect, unity and strength through this,” said Jackie Goodwin, a spokeswoman for the 16,000-member West Virginia Education Assn. “The teachers have shown they mean business.”
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