Invest in West Virginia Families

CWA has joined a West Virginia coalition of 18 citizen and community organizations seeking to create a new state Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income workers.

The credit would provide more than 141,000 low-income working families with an average refund of about $330, helping them make ends meet and afford necessities like childcare and transportation. Among those who would benefit are state's public employees.

"These people go to work; they go to work every day. They provide a service for us, and they don't make much money," Elaine Harris, a CWA staff representative, told the Charleston Gazette-Mail. "Every penny these people can keep, they will put back into the economy."

Learn more how this initiative would help West Virginia reduce poverty, increase tax fairness and boost local economies at www.investinwvfamilies.org.