A Multitude Rally in WVa Against Cut to State Prevailing Wage, Right-to-Work Bills

It was a show of force many in these parts had not seen in years.

As many as 2,000 workers, including CWA Staff Representative Elaine Harris and other CWAers, from around the state trudged through a foot of snow, wind and blistering cold on Monday to speak out against anti-worker bills under consideration by the legislature at the State Capitol.

West Virginia GOP candidates kept their anti-worker agenda carefully hidden during last fall's campaigns. But no sooner did they arrive in office than they started in on workers with efforts to cut prevailing wages and turn West Virginia into a right-to-work state.

Showing up in such numbers, especially under such brutal conditions, is an indication workers in this state will stand up and fight back when they are under attack.