Striking West Virginia Teachers to Return to Class Thursday

Striking teachers in West Virginia are to return to the classroom on Thursday, Gov. Jim Justice said in announcing he is offering teachers and school service personnel a revised 5 percent pay raise in the first year to end their statewide walkout.

A boy makes a face at his father while holding a sign drawn by Lewisburg Elementary School art teacher Jody Wilber (in hat) during a demonstration in Lewisburg, West Virginia on Feb. 26, 2018. — A boy makes a face at his father while holding a sign drawn by Lewisburg Elementary School art teacher Jody Wilber (in hat) during a demonstration in Lewisburg, West Virginia on Feb. 26, 2018.
Photographer: Craig Hudson/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP Photo

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By Associated Press

February 27, 2018 at 5:48 PM UTC

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February 28, 2018 at 12:49 AM UTC

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Charleston, W.Va. (AP) -- Striking teachers in West Virginia are to return to the classroom on Thursday, Gov. Jim Justice said in announcing he is offering teachers and school service personnel a revised 5 percent pay raise in the first year to end their statewide walkout.

Justice made the announcement at a news conference Tuesday after emerging from a meeting with union leaders for teachers in all 55 counties. Teachers walked off the job last Thursday, their first statewide strike since 1990.