AFT meets with local legislators
The AFT organized the annual meeting in the wake of the upcoming West Virginia Legislative Summit where lawmakers will vote on an agenda for the coming year.
"It was mainly to invite our legislators here to hear our concerns about the upcoming session, to get input from them and plus give them our professional opinions on where education should go in
During the discussion, the federation mentioned six priorities it would like the lawmakers to address in the legislative session, including concerns about both faculty and students.
Brunett and president of the Marion County AFT,
Brunett said the federation has normally cooperated well with the legislators, who have themselves witnessed these issues on a local level.
"Education is probably the most important thing this country has to offer. It is the foundation of this country. I see right now that the state of
"I'm in the minority now, some of those ideas of course if I like them I'll support them and if I don't I'll oppose them but I want to do what's right for
"I think they're concerned about the pay and the benefits, the pay and the retirement, they're concerned about all that. I mean lots of programs are getting cut and everyone's getting cut and it is a real problem," Representative of the
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