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Wisconsin lawmakers sent a bill eliminating most collective=bargaining rights for the state’s public-employee unions to Gov. Scott Walker on Thurday, setting a precedent other states could follow in the broadest move in decades to curb unon rights.

This was my favorite video from the Wisconsin Union Strikers. It seems Sly and the family Stone have been revived and booked for a encore. The “cop” is a stripper (I don’t know, I kinda doubt that one) and the deer could be anyone ….but by the way he plays the horn, I’d guess he’s from the Fred Flinstone’s “Find a Mouse and Kill It.”  By now, the American hero, Scott Walker, has stunned in this order: Jesse Jackosn, Jesse Jackson Jr., Joy Bearyourheart, and Michael Moore…who was so beside himself, he attacked Oprah on National TV with a pair of handcuffs, that no doubt, he got off that stripper cop.

Micheal also took it upon himself to make himself the head of the NEA and cancel all the schools all over the country for Friday, in a day of celebration.

What? You don’t think that most of the kids in America will not be celebrating becuase Micheal Moore said they could take the day off?

Jesse Jackson acts like these people are going to…float down the Mississippi and Sting like a bee…not necessarily in that order. But, before you feel sorry for them, here’s some statistics.

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For anyone who thinks teachers are underpaid this is the official excel DPI database of teachers wages by school district. Look up your own district.  

The current budget repair bill would have them paying about 5.8% towards their own retirement….right now, we the taxpayer, pays 100% of their generous retirement, and most of us pay 100% of our own retirement too.
 
AVERAGE WAGE AND BENEFITS (remember this is for about 9 months of work)
 
TEACHERS:

Milwaukee         $86,297
Elmbrook          $91,065
Germantown      $83,818
Hartland Arrwhd    $90,285     (highest teacher was $122,952-lowest was $64,942)
Men Falls          $81,099
West Bend       $82,153
Waukesha        $92,902
Sussex              $82,956
Mequon            $95,297
Kettle Mor       $87,676
Muskego          $91,341

STAFF:
 
Arrowhead – Bus Mng – Kopecky – $169,525
Arrowhead – Principal – Wieczorek –   $152,519
Grmtwn –  Asst Princ – Dave Towers – $123,222
Elmbrk  –  Burliegh Elemetary – Principal Zahn-  $142,315 (for a primary school!!)
Madison – Asst Principal – McGrath – $127,835

UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN STAFF (2009) (salary alone):

Michael Knetter – Prof of Bus  –  $327,828
Carolyn Martin -Chancellor Mad-  $437,000
Hector Deluca – Prof of Nutritional Science – $254,877 (really??)
 
(source:Madison.com -as the UW removed salaries from being posted online in 2007- why if they are so low?)  

How about some other “public servant job” ?  What do they make?  
 
Madison Garbage men (2009) (salary only):

*  Garbageman, Mr. Nelson earned $159,258 in 2009, including $109,892 in overtime and other pay.
*  Garbageman, Greg Tatman, who earned $125,598
*  7 Madison garbage men made over $100,000
*  30 Madison garbage men made over $70,000
 

MILWAUKEE CITY BUS DRIVERS (salary only):
 
136 Drivers made more than  $70,000
54 Drivers made more than  $80,000
18 Drivers made more than  $90,000
  8 Drivers made more than  $100,000
Top Driver made  $117,000 (Source WTMJ)
 
(The average private bus driver makes $9-13 an hour (about 20,000 yr) with no pension, or healthcare.)  
AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE PAYING 100% OF THEIR GENEROUS RETIREMENT?
THEY HAVE SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS AS THEY DON’T WANT TO PAY 5.8% OF IT THEMSELVES

March 10, 2011 - Posted by Joyanna Adams | Uncategorized, Wisconsin | Unions