1.0Baltimore Beathttps://baltimorebeat.comJaisal Noorhttps://baltimorebeat.com/author/jaisal-noor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yHy2pKkq6t"><a href="https://baltimorebeat.com/defying-union-leadership-west-virginia-teachers-strike-offer-defiant-model-labor-future/">Defying union leadership, West Virginia teachers strike, offer a defiant model for labor in the future</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://baltimorebeat.com/defying-union-leadership-west-virginia-teachers-strike-offer-defiant-model-labor-future/embed/#?secret=yHy2pKkq6t" width="600" height="338" title="“Defying union leadership, West Virginia teachers strike, offer a defiant model for labor in the future” — Baltimore Beat" data-secret="yHy2pKkq6t" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://baltimorebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-03-at-5.18.49-PM.png1464814Saddled with some of the lowest pay and worst benefits in the nation, all teachers in all 55 West Virginia counties decided they had enough and launched what is as of today a strike that has last seven school days.. They are demanding better compensation the curbing of healthcare costs which have skyrocketed in recent […]