55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike

by Elizabeth Catte, Jessica Salfia (Editor)

Overview

What compelled West Virginia's teachers to strike? How did they organize? What were teachers and allies doing during the strike? And how is the West Virginia labor movement celebrating its victory? 55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike answers these questions and offers unique, on-the-ground insight into this historic strike. The book includes essays by teachers from around the state, organizing documents, images from the picket lines, and material on the history of the labor movement in West Virginia. Edited by Jessica Salfia, a West Virginia public school teacher, Emily Hilliard, a West Virginia-based folklorist, and Elizabeth Catte, author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781948742269
Publisher:	Belt Publishing
Publication date:	07/05/2018
Edition description:	None
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Catte is the author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia. Emily Hilliard is a West Virginia-based folklorist. Jessica Salfia is a teacher in the West Virginia public school system.