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W.Va. government workers want better pay
CHARLESTON (AP) — State government workers in West Virginia will rally Saturday at the Capitol to seek changes in their working conditions.
President Bruce Dotson of UE Local 170 of the West Virginia Public Workers Union said workers are proposing a so-called living wage provision and cost-of-living adjustments to include retirees.
The highway worker contends pay for West Virginia state employees lags behind their counterparts in other states.
State hospital and social workers plan to stress what they say is low pay, understaffing and worker and patient safety.
Dotson said worker morale is “extremely low.”
The rally will begin at 9 a.m. on the south steps of the Capitol.
