American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten, who was paid $543,150 last year, defended her compensation by claiming her pay is $360,000 and other reported expenses simply prove the union’s “transparency.” As part of a series of April 28 Twitter posts demanding Congress hike the federal minimum wage to $10.10, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) District 1199 quoted from a January… Continue reading Teachers Union Boss Randi Weingarten: My Salary’s Only $360K
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Union Bosses Drain Millions from Plumbers’ Paychecks
The ten highest-paid union bosses at United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland received a sum of roughly $3.5 million taken from workers’ paychecks in the union’s latest fiscal year. From July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, United Association General President Bill Hite was paid $468,011 in salary plus reimbursements. Hite… Continue reading Union Bosses Drain Millions from Plumbers’ Paychecks
Ohio Union Officers & Staff Take Millions from Workers
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Ohio’s 100 highest-paid union officers and employees received a sum of more than $16.6 million last year. Excluding national unions headquartered in the state, 393 Ohioans were paid at least $100,000 using dues taken from workers. Of those 393 Ohioans, 50 were paid more than $150,000 and… Continue reading Ohio Union Officers & Staff Take Millions from Workers
Boilermakers Union Spends $159 per Member on Officer Pay, Events
Members of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB) pay an average of $76.05 towards the salaries and expense reimbursements the union pays its top officers, plus $83.20 to cover the cost of conferences including officer trips to Switzerland and Italy. The Boilermakers union reported membership of 57,203 to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for the fiscal… Continue reading Boilermakers Union Spends $159 per Member on Officer Pay, Events
Solidarity? Meet America’s 100 Highest-Paid Union Bosses
A total of 428 American labor union officers and employees were paid more than $250,000 in 2012, in stark contrast to union propaganda expressing solidarity with “the middle class.” In DC and the 26 states without Right to Work laws, the dues used to pay union salaries can be taken from workers as a condition of employment. The… Continue reading Solidarity? Meet America’s 100 Highest-Paid Union Bosses
Teachers Union President Siphons $1 Million From Ohio Educators
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Outgoing Ohio Education Association (OEA) President Patricia Frost-Brooks was paid a total of $998,949 from 2008-2012, the first five years of her six-year tenure. Thanks to union contracts that existed long before many current teachers were hired, the vast majority of OEA’s revenue comes from more than… Continue reading Teachers Union President Siphons $1 Million From Ohio Educators
Ohio Teachers Forced to Pay Union Employees an Average of $100,000
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. The average Ohio Education Association (OEA) employee was paid $43,838 more than Ohio’s average teacher in 2012, as OEA staff and officers raked in an average of $100,553 while the teachers forced to pay received an average of $56,715. Statewide average annual pay was $44,253 in 2012,… Continue reading Ohio Teachers Forced to Pay Union Employees an Average of $100,000
Ohio Education Association Pay Skyrockets Despite Shrinking Membership
The average pay of Ohio Education Association (OEA) employees increased by 25 percent between 2003 and 2012 while the union’s membership shrank by nearly 7 percent. During the same period, annual OEA dues charged to teachers increased by 25 percent. OEA had 131,089 members at the time of the union’s 2003 report to the U.S.… Continue reading Ohio Education Association Pay Skyrockets Despite Shrinking Membership
Meet the Bosses: National Education Association
Dennis Van Roekel was paid $389,620 in fiscal year 2012 as president of the National Education Association (NEA), America’s largest labor union. Van Roekel was one of 14 NEA bosses paid more than $250,000 with dues taken from teachers in Ohio and other forced-unionism states as a condition of employment. Based on union filings with the… Continue reading Meet the Bosses: National Education Association
Meet the Bosses: Ohio Education Association
Ohio Education Association (OEA) President Patricia Frost-Brooks was paid $267,916 in dues taken from Ohio teachers during fiscal year 2012, according to the union’s latest staff and officer data submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor. More than a hundred OEA employees and officers were paid six figures during the same period, as the union gave $77,500… Continue reading Meet the Bosses: Ohio Education Association