{"product_id":"55-strong-inside-the-west-virginia-teachers-strike-9781948742269","title":"55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA compelling first-hand chronicle of a modern-day triumph of labor organization in West Virginia. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn February 22, 2018, nearly 20,000 West Virginia teachers, bus drivers, and service personnel walked out on their jobs in solidarity. After thirteen hard days, the workers, largely women, won higher pay and better benefits. Beyond that, the strike sparked a revolution in education across the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat compelled West Virginia's education workers to strike? How did they organize? What were teachers and allies doing during the walk-out? And how was this strike connected to West Virginia's long history of labor organization and unions?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike\u003c\/em\u003e answers these questions and offers unique, on-the-ground insights into this historic labor stoppage. The book includes essays by teachers from around the state, images from the picket lines, organizing documents, 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 \u003cem\u003eWhat You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePure America\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA necessary and urgent rallying cry for anyone interested in the future of organized labor in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948742269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Elizabeth Catte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315080327349,"sku":"9781948742269","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2a83dc60-6a79-4574-bf4d-c5971f6e396f.jpg?v=1718720101","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/55-strong-inside-the-west-virginia-teachers-strike-9781948742269","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}