Summary
I came to this state from Wisconsin in 1978, knowing no one but those who hired me as West Virginia Education Association director. I was not a particularly welcome immigrant, being called a "flatlander" by some and a "displaced badger" by The Charleston Gazette. My goal was to increase the influence and scope of WVEA activity, and to try to achieve public employee collective bargaining for West Virginia teachers and other government employees.
That unpopular and much-debated advocacy brought me, and WVEA, to the attention of Paul Kaufman, who invited me to coffee with him - the beginning of a personal and professional relationship that continued until the tragedy of Dec. 28, 1980, when he and his wife Rose Jean and son Steven were killed.See the full content of this document
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A Tribute to the Kaufmans
Our mutual respect grew to the point that I asked Paul to represent WVEA in a dispute...
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