- SB409 - Banning a tool to ensure safe, high-quality government projects
- SB357 - A failed attempt to revive a coal mine safety measure
- SB421 - Protecting corporations that intentionally harm
- SB357 - The Coal Mine Un-safety Bill
- Selection of the House Speaker
- SB14 - Charter Schools
- SB578 - Limiting occupational disease benefits
- Selection of Senate President
- SB 357 - Rejection of an attempt to study the economic impact of mine safety rollback legislation.
- SB361 - Elimination of the state Prevailing Wage
- HB2011 - Deliberate Intent – Protecting Unsafe Employers
- SB14 - Charter schools
- SB409 - Ban On Government Labor agreement Requirements
- SB529 - Lowering state employee benefits
- SB361 - Expiration of WV Prevailing Wage
- SB357 - The Coal Mine Unsafety Bill
- HB2217 - Labor Commissioner
- SB529 - Retirement
- SB361 - Prevailing Wage
- SB14 - Teachers' Rights
- SB357 - The Coal Mine Un-Safety Bill
- Details
Bill Number: HB2217
Description: Changes the qualifications for the Commissioner of Labor from a person with “labor interests” to a person with “experience in employee issues.” This is clearly an attempt to allow corporate CEOs and like-minded individuals to be appointed as Commissioner of Labor.
Date:February 4, 2015
Voting Body: 100-member House
The Vote: Final Passage – a “Yes” vote is Anti-Worker a “No” vote is Pro-Worker
- Details
Bill Number: SB529
Description: Creates a new retirement tier, with much lower benefit levels, for all public employees hired after July 1, 2015. Also, veterans who served our country during times of conflict and are hired as state employees will now have to pay for their military service credit, a benefit that previously was at no cost to them.
Date: March 18, 2015
Voting Body: 34-member Senate
The Vote: Final Passage – a “Yes” vote is Anti-Worker a “No” vote is Pro-Worker