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Today, Explained

That'll Teach 'Em

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

An historic walkout in West Virginia ended yesterday. Teachers managed to shut down every single public school in the state for nine days to demand higher pay. Oklahoma, Arizona and Kentucky may be next. Sean Rameswaram speaks with West Virginia Public Broadcasting reporter Dave Mistich and Harrison County math teacher Cathy Drummond Pizzino to find out exactly how the state’s educators pulled off their big win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This mama had never sent a tweet out in my life and coming back on the bus I called my son

0:47.3

in college and I said, listen, I need to learn how to do this Twitter thing.

0:51.4

That's Kathy Pizino.

0:53.3

Kathy is one of thousands of teachers who shut down every single public school in West Virginia

0:59.1

for the past nine days.

1:00.6

One of the first tweets that I ever did from that first weekend said, wow, we made them shut

1:06.2

down the whole state.

1:14.4

The teachers were upset about a whole host of issues, but the big one was paid.

1:19.6

They were offered a 1% raise and weren't having it.

1:23.5

The strike went all the way up to the state capital in Charleston.

1:26.6

It was huge, it was historic, and ultimately it was successful.

1:31.4

There goes the sign.

1:38.4

There goes the question.

1:42.4

There goes the sign.

1:48.6

Just yesterday West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed a bill that will give all state

1:52.8

employees a 5% raise.

1:55.2

But it's not over.

1:56.2

Teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky are now considering walkouts too.

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