CNN News: 西維吉尼亞州教師罷課抗議低薪

Every public in the American state of West Virginia has been closed for the past three days while teachers and other school employees are on strike. They’re calling for higher wages and better health care benefits.

在過去的三天里，美國西弗吉尼亞州的公眾機構都關閉了，而教師和其他學校的員工也在罷工。他們要求更高的工資和更好的醫(yī)療保健福利。

In 2017, West Virginia ranked 48 out of the 50 states in average teacher salary. Governor Jim Justice signed legislation last week that gives educators a 2 percent pay raise starting this summer and increases 1 percent next year and the year after.

在2017年，西弗吉尼亞州的教師平均工資在50個州中排名48。州長Jim Justice上周簽署了一項法案，讓教育工作者的工資從今年夏天開始提高2%，并于明年和后年增加1%。

But teachers there have other concerns about health insurance and taxes that the law doesn’t address. Governor Justice says he hasn’t forgotten teachers, but that they should be back in the classroom. And some state lawmakers agree. While the strike goes on, churches and community centers have programs for students so working parents don’t have to stay home. And teachers and food pantries are sending extra meals to students who normally get them at school.

但是，老師們對醫(yī)療保險和稅收另有憂慮，而法律并沒有解決這些問題。州長Justice說他沒有忘記老師，但是他們應該回到教室。一些州議員也表示同意。當罷工繼續(xù)進行時，教堂和社區(qū)中心為學生提供了一些項目，這樣，有工作的父母就不必呆在家里了。教師和食品分發(fā)處向在學校就讀的學生提供額外的膳食。

There are almost 20,000 teachers and more than 277,000 students enrolled in West Virginia’s public schools.

在西弗吉尼亞的公立學校里，大約有2萬名教師和超過277000名學生。