London v. BD. OF REVIEW OF DEPT. OF EMPLOYMENT

244 S.E.2d 331 (1978)

Alberta LONDON et al.

v.

BOARD of REVIEW OF the W. Va. DEPT. OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY et al.

No. 13984.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

May 16, 1978.

Charles R. Garten, Jr., Charleston, for appellants.

Jack O. Friedman, Charleston, for appellees.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Appellants are 86 employees of a Headstart (pre-school education) program operated by the non-profit, federally funded Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc. They are teachers, classroom aides, social workers, drivers and cooks, and have no employment tenure or continuing contracts. The Council terminates…