12-15-2009, 06:35 AM
Anyone heard these on the radio? The teachers union is paying for radio commercials, most likely to get public support for the teachers.
The staggering part is when the commercial mentions that the 8% pay cut means that the average teacher has a $500 per month cut in pay as a result of the furloughs. This means that before the furloughs, the average teacher was making $6,250 per month or approximately $75,000 per year?
Put another way, the average teacher (using the union numbers) makes $5,750 a month and works 4 days per week now.
Edit:
Here is the link to the actual radio ad as posted on the HSTA (union) web site.
[url][/url]http://www.hsta.org/audio/dtynan_60.mp3
The staggering part is when the commercial mentions that the 8% pay cut means that the average teacher has a $500 per month cut in pay as a result of the furloughs. This means that before the furloughs, the average teacher was making $6,250 per month or approximately $75,000 per year?
Put another way, the average teacher (using the union numbers) makes $5,750 a month and works 4 days per week now.
Edit:
Here is the link to the actual radio ad as posted on the HSTA (union) web site.
[url][/url]http://www.hsta.org/audio/dtynan_60.mp3