[quote=CA renter][quote=jimmyle]~$80k a year with more than 3 months vacation is not low wage.

[quote=CA renter][quote=paramount]Oh and by the way, March Madness is coming up. Not basketball mind you, it’s that time of the year when teachers and others receive phony layoff notices.

Of course there’s always an issue, this year teachers in LA County don’t want to contribute more to their healthcare. Right now they don’t contribute anything and it costs taxpayers over 1 billion a year in LA County alone.

How many of you private sector workers get FREE healthcare?

Gov’t Workers: Americas New Royalty.[/quote]

It is NOT “free” healthcare. They negotiate for wages and benefits, and they take lower wages in exchange for healthcare benefits and pensions. It’s all part of their compensation package. None of it is free.[/quote][/quote]

That ~$80K is for a senior teacher with around 15 years of experience, and a graduate degree. It’s not “low wage,” nor should it be.

It’s funny how people think teaching should be a low-paying job. I suppose we could look at ANY profession and claim that people should be earning less. To be sure, everyone is overpaid today, as it’s almost guaranteed that someone else is willing to do your job for less money.

http://www.teachinla.com/Research/documents/salarytables/ttableannual.pdf%5B/quote%5D
Yeah its so awesome. My wife is a 7 year teacher in CA with a masters making a whole 60k which I make more without an MBA. Oh and the awesome heathcare of PPO $900 amonth or HMO at $500 a month. Wow we have it sooo made! My heathcare is the same price in the prvate sector job I have. The unions dont do much except take money but getting crazy cash and great bennies is not the norm.