W.Va. Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2024
West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA trade union says West Virginia University and the state Senate concealed emails about right-to-work legislation, going against the state’s Freedom of Information Act.
The Register-Herald reports that the two lawsuits filed last week by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters contend $17,000 in state money was used to fund a study for the GOP’s anti-work objective, rather than independently studying the impact on the state and its citizens.
So-called “right to work” states prohibit companies from requiring employees to pay union dues as a condition of employment.
State lawmakers passed right-to-work legislation last week then voted to override Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s veto.
The lawsuits name Senate President Bill Cole, R-Mercer, House Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, WVU and Professor of Business and Economics John Deskins as defendants. The defendants didn’t return the newspaper’s requests for comment.