 Appalachian Wireless now has new forward pay pricing where you can pay up front and get the data and features you design. Five gigabytes of data, just $39.99. Unlimited, just $79.99. Better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless. As we saw yesterday in Pike County, teachers and many state employees are united in their opposition to Senate Bill 1. In Letcher County today, state employees in that county came together to let their voices be heard before classes started in the local schools. With Senate Bill 1 stealing committee in the Kentucky State Legislature, many educators are watching and waiting, but they're not resting on their laurels. They're letting their voices be heard and telling folks what Senate Bill 1, the controversial pension reform bill, could do to them and their fellow state employees. Teachers didn't go into this job for the money. You know, we didn't sign up for this because of the great pay and the paychecks. It's all about the benefits and what's been promised us for years and years. A lot of people are not aware teachers do not draw or pay into Social Security and so the only retirement that we have is that of our pension. I have my daughters who actually make excellent teachers, but if it goes the way with the house bill, I've also encouraged them not to become teachers because they don't have a retirement. Teachers do not receive Social Security. Our pension is our only recourse when we retire and we deserve the benefits that we have paid in. We worked all our, for years, all our lives for our pensions. We paid into it and we won it there when we retired. And they're not ruling out a possible work stoppage if necessary. I'm prepared to support my brothers and sisters in teaching whatever that entails. A peaceful protest on behalf of our cause. Sure, I'll be there. We're not going to rule anything out. You know, we're going to continue to work with legislators and try to make ends meet, but we're not going to rule anything out. We're from Eastern Kentucky and we're the strike queens and kings of the nation and so if that's what it took to get things done, then that's exactly what we'll do. In Letcher County, Chris Anderson, EKB News.