Tag: West Virginia Public Workers Union

Union Barred, Called for West Virginia Official's Firing

West Virginia has restricted a union at hospitals after it called for the ousting of the state health and human resources department secretary.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the state bureau for behavioral health and facilities informed the West Virginia Public Workers Union, UE Local 170, on June 8 that out of respect for patients, residents and visitors’ privacy, it would no longer be allowed to set up tables at certain facilities. Since 2008, the union has organized in front lobbies and break rooms of public hospitals and health care facilities to sign up employees, distribute information and address grievances.

On June 6 a union statement called for Secretary Bill Crouch to be fired. It referenced documents showing Crouch’s partial ownership of a firm his office interacted with on pending legislation.

W.Va. State Workers File Grievances Over Payday Switch

A change in pay periods for state employees has prompted grievances from workers who say they won’t receive their full salaries during the switchover.

The state began switching pay periods in June from twice monthly to biweekly. Pay periods will increase from 24 to 26.

Gordon Simmons with the West Virginia Public Workers Union tells the Charleston-Gazette Mail that some employees discovered that they will receive 25 paychecks in the switchover year. Overall, he says the change could cost employees millions of dollars.

The grievances include one filed by David Harper Gardner Jr. and 23 other Department of Transportation employees. Gardner says he discovered that he’ll lose about $212.

State Auditor’s Office spokesman Justin Southern says it’s his understanding that no one will lose pay because of the change.

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