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Metro News, 15 Years After Passage WV Jobs ACT Nets First Fine, Brad McElhinny, December 26 2016

Charleston Gazette Mail, Sword Tapped to Lead AFL-CIO, Phil Kabler, December 15, 2016

Metro News, Now No Ruling on Whether WVa goes Right To Work Until 2017, December 2, 2016, Brad McElhinney

Charleston Gazette Mail, Teamsters Demand Probe Of Drug Firm's Sales In WV, Eric Eyre November 16 2016

Charleston Gazette Mail, Four Charged in DOH Kickback Scheme, Eric Eyre & Kate White, November 16 2016

Beckley Register Herald, Governor's Race Analysis:  Winning Was the Easy Part, Andrea Lannom, November 13

Charleston Gazette Mail, State House Beat  A Look Back At Election Winner And (mostly) Losers, Phil Kabler, November 12

Charleston Gazette Mail:  Op Ed, Tom Crouser:  Many Misconceptions on Wage Issue, November 7

WV Metro News, Hoppy Kercheval, Labor Pushes Back Hard In WV, October 31

OP Ed; Charleston Gazette Mail, Ken Hall, Remember in November, October 31

Metro News, Brad McElhinney, Unions Spending Big and Taking WV Election Personally, October 28

Charleston Gazette Mail:   Walters Files Suit Over Union Political Attack Ads, October 28 2016

Charleston Gazette Mail Phil Kabler, Problems Abound in Wayne School Construction Project Featured in Ad Campaign, October 25

Public News Service Dan Heyman Contractor Admits Fraud, Fills New WV Contract With Out of State Workers Oct 7

Charleston Gazette Mail Phil Kabler, Labor Unions Ask For Summary Judgment in WV Right To Work Case, Oct 6 

Wheeling Intelligencer Editorial Dire Warnings Were Unfounded, Sept 23

Charleston Gazette Mail Op Ed Kenny Perdue WV Legislature Erodes Gains Unions Made For All Workers, Sept 5

Morgantown Dominion Post Mike Caputo Labor Day Is About The Working American, Sept 5 

Charleston Gazette Mail Op Ed Bryan Hoylman Repeal of Prevailing Wage is Working For West Virginia, Sept 2

State Journal Guest Columnist Steve White Real Data on Prevailing Wage Show No Savings, August 25

Point Pleasant Register AFL-CIO, IUOE, Volunteers Pitch In Chief Cornstalk Park, August 25

State Journal Guest Columnist Sean O'Leary Clarifying Prevailing Wage Savings "Estimates", August 25

Charleston Daily Mail Op Ed Senator Mitch Carmichael WV Deserves Work Place Freedom, August 25

New York Times, Grad Students Win Right To Unionize in an Ivy League Case, August 24

Elkins InterMountain Gregory Boso We Can Build It, But Will They Come? August 24

WV Contractors Come Out Against Governor's Hobet Mine Plan, August 11, Charleston Gazette Mail, Andrew Brown

Gazette Editorial:  So Much For Efficient GOP Leadership, June 8, Charleston Gazette Mail

Letter to the Editor, Anti Union Legislators Don't Need To "Solve" Our Problems, Mike Forman, May 24

Gazette Editorial:  Legislative Incompetence?, May 11, Charleston Gazette Mail

Labor Group Intends To Sue Over Right To Work Law, May 7, Andrew Brown, Charleston Gazette Mail

Charleston Gazette Op Ed:  Kenny Perdue  State, Local Candidates Have Deep Affect on Working People, May 6

Daily Mail Op Ed:  Trey Kovacs:  NLRB Rule Threatens Worker Privacy, April 8, Charleston Gazette Mail

Letter To The Editor:  Right To Work Isn't A Silver Bullet For WV's Economy, April 7,Scott Brewer Charleston Gazette Mail

Madeline Young:  Right To Work An Insult To WV Workers, March 17, Op Ed Charleston Gazette Mail

Judge Sides With Teamsters in WVU FOIA Suit, March 16, David Beard, Morgantown Dominion Post

Gazette Editorial:  Botched Session, March 15 , Editorial Staff, Charleston Gazette Mail

State House Beat:  Worst Session in 27 years, March 13, Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette Mail

South Charleston Clinic Will Serve Union Members, March 13, Lori Kersey, Charleston Gazette Mail

West Virginia AFL-CIO Wants To Educate Public About Damaging Laws, March 12, Fayette Tribune

WV GOP Flips To Confirm, Dem, Labor Appointees, March 12, Marietta Times

Appointment Controversy Cools in State Senate, March 10, Chris Lawrence Metro News

Tensions Ease In WV Senate After Blow Up, March 10, David Gutman, Charleston Gazette Mail

Senate Republicans Reject Governor's Appointees, March 9, AP

WV Senate Dems To Protest GOP Nominee Rejections, March 9, Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette Mail

Ken Hall:  Let's Fix W.VA.'s Economy, Gazette Op Ed, March 7, Charleston Gazette Mail

Orion Poll Reveals Early Numbers and Approval Ratings, Press Release Feb 25, Orion Strategies

Beckley Register Herald Correction:  Feb 19 Article regarding Teamsters Suit over Right To Work Feb 23 

Prevailing Wage Repeal Welcomed by Recreation, School District Leaders, Feb 20, Matthew Umstead, Herald Mail Media, Hagerstown MD

W.Va. Business Split on Right To Work, Rob Engle, Feb 19, WV Public Broadcasting

Andy Park:  Did Voters  Realize They Were Voting For The Good Ol' Days of 1931, Feb 19, Op/Ed CharlestonGazette

Teamsters File 2 Suits Over Right To Work, Feb 19, Daniel Tyson, Beckley Register Herald

Photos:  Workers Gather in Downtown Charleston To Protest Legislation, Feb 16, Sam Owens, CharlestonGazette Mail 

Steve Roberts:  Thank You Legislature For Leading, Feb 16 Steve Roberts, Op Ed Charleston Daily Mail

Payback Politics Taking Us Nowhere But down, Feb 16 Dave Sotak, Op Ed, Beckley Register Herald

Public Weighs In On Right To Work Bill, Feb 15, Melissa Toothman, Clarksburg Exponent Telegram

Hard Work Begins Following Right To Work Passage, Feb 15, Carrie Hodousek, Metro News

Right To Work, Prevailing Wage Repeal Become Law, Feb 14, Lacie Pierson, Huntington Herald Dispatch

Gazette Editorial:  Dismal, Anti-Business Legislature (Gazette Editorial Staff) Feb 13, Charleston Gazette 

Working People Rally Against Right To Work, Law , Feb 12, Ryan Petrovich, WDTV Channel 5 News

Teamsters Union Files Suit vs WVU BOG, Feb 12, David Post, Morgantown Dominion Post

Joshua D. Brumsfeld:  WV Teacher 'Unions' Are Right To Work In Action (Gazette Op Ed) Feb 11, CharlestonGazette

Kris Casdorph:  Destroying Labor Will Not Bring WV Prosperity (Gazette Op Ed) Feb 11, Charleston Gazette

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin Veto Message Right To Work, Senate Bill 1, Feb 11 

Veto Message, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, House Bill 4005, Repeal WV Prevailing Wage, Feb 11

Senator Cole, President WV Senate, Press Release Regarding Gubernatorial Veto, Feb 11

Delegate Armstead, Speaker WV House of Delegates, Press Release Regarding Gubernatorial Veto, Feb 11

Daily Mail Editorial:  Governor Should Sign Right To Work, Prevailing Wage Bills, Feb 10, Editorial Staff Charleston Daily Mail

Gazette Editorial:  Sorry State In The West Virginia Legislature, Feb 9, Editorial Staff Charleston Gazette

John P. David, Dissecting Right To Work, Feb 9, Dr. John P. David, Guest Columnist, Beckley Register Herald

Unseen Hand Being Seen In WV, Feb 9, Yvonne Farley, Op Ed, Charleston Gazette Mail

Right To Work Will Get Quick Attention After Governor Veto; SB1 Passes Senate by 18-16 Party Line Vote,Feb 9, Pamela Pritt, Register Herald

Poll Finds That West Virginians Prefer Strong Unions, Feb 7, Princeton Times

Editorial:  A Lack Of Ideas, In These Difficult Days Our Republican Legislature Is Passing Bills That Don't Amount To A Hill of Beans, Feb 2, Beckley Register Herald

Democrats continue efforts to slow prevailing wage repeal, Feb 2 2016, Pamela Pritt, Register-Herald

Still No Fiscal Note With Prevailing Wage Repeal Bill, Feb 1, Jeff Jenkins, Metro News

Goodwin Criticizes 'Divisive' Bills At Session, Feb 1, Mike Maccaro, Metro News

Working Families Exposed by CMD, Feb 1, PR Watch Staff

Prevailing Wage Repeal Passes WV Senate Committee, Feb 1, Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette Mail

Davis Chastises Fellow Justices in Daniel Hall Dissent, January 27, David Gutman, Charleston Gazette Mail

WV House Votes to Repeal Prevailing Wage, January 27, Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette Mail

Editorial:  Right To Work - Give Workforce a Helping Hand Before Enacting Legislation That Divides Us, January 26, Beckley Register Herald

John P. David:  Right To Work Argument A Fallacy, Undemocratic, too, Op Ed January 25, Charleston Gazette Mail

Editorial:  Right To Work Belongs In Quotation Marks, January 24, Misty Poe, Times West Virginian

Area Lawmakers Comment on 'Deja Vu' Session, January 24, Jim Davis, Exponent Telegram

Right To Work:  What It Could Mean For West Virginia, January 24, Brandon Roberts, Huntington Herald Dispatch

Editorial:  Repealing Prevaiing Wage Raises Many Questions, January 24, Huntington Herald Dispatch

Denise Giardina:  Daily Mail Oblivious to Irony, Value of Unions, Op Ed, January 24 Charleston Gazette Mail

Right To Work Benefits Not Clear:  Labor Sees Faltering Influence, Proponents See Business Upside,January 24,  Pamela Pritt, Beckley Register Herald

Jordan Gibson:  Right To Work Not Right For WV, Op Ed, January 23, Gilbert Times

Statehouse Beat:  Greenbrier Owner's Financial Filing Worthy of Note, January 23, Phil Kabler, Gazette Mail

Chris Hamilton:  Labor Returns To Its Old Playbook, Op Ed January 22, Charleston Gazette Mail

Daily Mail Editor:  Business Reforms Not About Union Busting,  January 22, Charleston Gazette Mail

Romano, Facemire Vote Against Right To Work Bill, January 22, Jim Davis, Clarksburg Exponent Telegram

West Virginia Workers Rally Against Anti-Union Law, January 21, Staff Reporters Workers World

Request For Study Of Prevailing Wage Repeal's Impact Denied, January 21, Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette Mail

Employees Hold Right To Work Protest Morgantown, January 21, Austin Pollack, Morgantown Dominion Post

Is Right To Work Key To Job Growth?  West Virginia, Other States Tackle a Heated Question, January 21,

Cole Stangler, International Business Times Register Herald Editorial:  Pondering?  January 21, Beckley Register Herald

Stephen N Reed:  Let Republicans Test Their Economic Program, January 20, Op Ed, Charleston Gazette Mail

West Virginia High Court Hears Arguments On Senate Vacancy, January 19, Jonathan Mattise, AP San Francisco Gate

Court Offers Little Clarity In Arguments On Hall's Senate Seat, January 19, Davide Gutman, Charleston Gazette Mail

Daily Mail Editorial: Democratic Policies At Odds With Good Sense, January 18 Charleston Gazette Mail

Right-To-Work Faces Legislative Obstacles , January 18 Hoppy Kercheval, Op Ed Charleston Gazette Mail

A Look At Labor Law Offers Insight On Right-To-Work, January 17, Nigel E. Jefferies, Op Ed Charleston Gazette Mail


Most Speakers At Public 
Hearing Support Prevailing Wage, January 16, Pamela Pritt, Beckley Register Herald

Right-To-Work Studies Say Many Things, But Agree It's Bad For Unions, January 16, David Gutman, Charleston Gazette Mail

Debate On Prevailing Wage Repeal Starts, January 15, Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette Mail

Senate Committee Advances Right To Work On Party-Line Vote, January 15, David Gutman, Charleston Gazette Mail

Gazette Editorial: A Cooperative Attitude In A Tough Budget Year, January 15, Charleston Gazette Mail

WVU Right-To-Work Study Disputed As Legislature Considers Bill, January 14, David Gutman, Charleston Gazette Mail

Unions Rally At Capitol Before State of the State, January 13, Andrew Brown, Charleston Gazette Mail

Know The Truth About Right-To-Work, January 13, Op Ed Ken Hall, Charleston Gazette Mail