‘No-Kill Shelter Month’ Aims To Save Pets In West Virginia
New data shows West Virginia is close to achieving "no-kill" status for animal shelters across the state.
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Postal Unions Warn Privatizing Mail Industry Could Hurt Rural Communities
Picket signs and posters in hand, dozens gathered outside Charleston’s main post office last week to sound the alarm over looming postal job cuts and a move toward privatizing domestic mail services.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMonongalia County Assessor’s Office Secures UMWA Union Representation
The Monongalia County Assessor’s Office now has union representation from a familiar organization in West Virginia. Employees from the office voted to be represented by the United Mine Workers of Amer...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPreston County Prison Workers Get Pay Bump To Boost Retention
Employees at Federal Correctional Complex Hazelton who are in good standing will receive a 25 percent pay increase — part of an effort to boost staff retention and promote facility safety.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsKroger Strike Appears Averted
Kroger and the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400 Union reached a “Fully Recommended Tentative Agreement” on a new contract Thursday for Mid-Atlantic division associates in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio.
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Auto Workers Strike Expands To West Virginia GM Distribution Center
Workers at the General Motors distribution center in Martinsburg walked off the job on Friday.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAuto Workers Strike May Ripple Into W.Va. Economy
The roughly 13,000 U.S. auto workers now on strike could affect West Virginia car dealers and customers in several ways.
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