New DOE Study Shows Fracking Chemicals May Not Impact Drinking Water After All
The first study that has used tracer dyes to monitor the effects of hydraulic fracturing (or, fracking) has found that the chemicals used in the process stay well below our drinking water. The study...
View ArticleDespite Unemployment Rising in 54 of 55 WV Counties in June, Marriott...
In Charleston, West Virginia, construction of a new Courtyard Marriott is employing non-union, out-of-state workers and project developers are making it next to impossible for union contractors to...
View ArticleBuilding Trades Unions Witnessing Significant Regional Membership Gains...
In West Virginia, members of the Building Trades are finding quality work building the infrastructure for the next wave natural gas development. As the drilling of the Marcellus Shale continues,...
View ArticlePeabody, Patriot Settle with Mine Workers, Putting Temporary Stop to Pension...
Last week, a deal was reached between the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and Peabody Energy over the future of worker pensions and health benefits. The deal means Peabody will pay $310...
View ArticleConstruction Unions Challenge Kroger’s Out-of-State Hiring Approach in WV
In West Virginia, the Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation (ACT) has stepped up its criticism of Kroger grocery stores for not committing to hiring local union workers on construction projects....
View ArticleBiz Groups Say Labor, PLAs are Vital to Shale Gas Success in West Virginia
Shale construction work at Morgantown Industrial Park in West Virginia (MountaineerNewsService.com) While speaking at the annual West Virginia Chamber of Commerce meeting, natural gas executives...
View ArticleFirst Veto-Proof GOP Majority in 83 Years Could Spell Trouble for West...
Prevailing wage laws could be in jeopardy in West Virginia, where the GOP has gained control of both legislative houses beginning in 2015. The majority is large enough to override a gubernatorial...
View ArticleREPORT: Prevailing Wage Repeal “Would Result in Poverty-level Incomes for...
As lawmakers in West Virginia prepare the next phase in their push to repeal the prevailing wage, a report has been released showing that doing so would harm an economy still recovering from the...
View ArticleMountaineer Cheer: West Virginia’s Prevailing Wage Repeal Bill Stalls in Senate
WV Senate President Bill Cole The bill to repeal West Virginia’s prevailing wage law was removed from the calendar this week, allowing more time for both sides to negotiate. The bill had been hotly...
View ArticleWV Compromises on Prevailing Wage Repeal While KY Shoots It (and...
The prevailing wage is under attack in more than a handful of states nationwide, two of which brought their discussions to a near-term close yesterday. In Kentucky, prevailing wage repeal was shot...
View ArticleMajority of Speakers at WV Committee Hearing Remain Opposed to Prevailing...
Sen. Manchin was among the speakers at the latest prevailing wage hearings A West Virginia house committee heard testimony from nearly 30 people — including U.S. Senator Joe Manchin — about a...
View ArticleBeyond Wisconsin: “Right-to-Work” Laid to Rest in WV; MI Rep. Hopes to Expand...
Last week’s events in Wisconsin largely dominated the “Right-to-Work” news cycle, but Republicans in West Virginia and Michigan have been hard at work on the issue as well, with varying results. In...
View Article7,000 Attend Workers Rising Rally in WV; Legislative Session Ends Saturday
via WVpress.com Last weekend, thousands of West Virginia workers gathered at the state capitol in Charleston for the Mountaineer Workers Rising rally to protest the agenda of the state’s GOP. Since...
View ArticleNew WV Prevailing Wage Law Basically Coming Apart at the Seams
Visual representation of WV Prevailing Wage law Prevailing wage laws are once again a hot topic in West Virginia as the state’s Republicans are unhappy with the proposed calculation of the wage...
View ArticlePrevailing Waste: New Wage Calculations Show How Utterly Ridiculous WV GOP’s...
Sen. Blair On Wednesday, WorkForce West Virginia filed the new prevailing wage with the Secretary of State’s office, ending a months-long battle for a recalculation of what state funded projects...
View ArticleWV AG Eliminates Consumer Protection Job, Uses the $100,000 to Hire...
Longest. Mic stand. EVER. West Virginia Democrats are crying foul after Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey created a new position in his office and filled it with a long-time political...
View ArticleCommittee Testimony Suggests West Virginia is Headed for a 2016...
Merry friggin’ Christmas. On Sunday the state’s Joint Committee on the Judiciary heard testimony on a proposed piece of legislation which would make West Virginia the 26th “Right-to-Work” state. The...
View ArticleFamiliar Horizon: WV Weeks Away from What Could be a Year-Long...
Senate President Bill Cole In three weeks, the West Virginia state legislature will begin its first 2016 legislative session, and passing a “Right-to-Work” bill appears to be at the top of the GOP’s...
View ArticleWV Supreme Court Deals Deadly Blow to Labor; Right-to-Work, Prevailing Wage...
Republican Sue Cline sworn in, giving GOP an 18-16 State Senate advantage On Friday, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a Republican should fill a recently vacated State Senate seat, a move...
View ArticleTeamsters File Lawsuit Against WV “Right-to-Work” Law, Say Lawmakers Have...
WV State Sen. Bill Cole, “Right-to-Work” sponsor As West Virginia moves towards “Right-to-Work,” the Teamsters union has filed a lawsuit claiming that the State Senate did not abide by a Freedom of...
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