On This Day in West Virginia History, March 21st

March 21, 2023

Mountaineer News

Vintage West Virginia

On March 21, 1980, about one-fourth of the state's teachers walked off the job in a one-day protest over the legislature's failure to approve a larger increase in salary.

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