If they bankrupt a state what then? Scott Walker is only asking them to chip in and not be so greedy.
American workers who are members of unions earn significantly more per hour than their nonunion counterparts, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Data from the BLS National Compensation Survey shows that in July 2002, average hourly earnings among all union workers were $20.65, compared with $16.42 for nonunion workers.
In 2002, full-time wage and salary workers who were union members had median usual weekly earnings of $740, compared with a median of $587 for wage and salary workers who were not represented by unions.
Why can't Scott Walker leave civil servants alone. They do their jobs and we need them. They don't get paid that much for the amount of work many of them do.
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darcie lamar 2012/05/30 04:54:16
" the unweighted average for Wisconsin teachers for the 2010 school year: a $51,000 salary, plus $30,000 worth of benefits (for a total of $81,000 worth of compensation). For an average private sector worker, he said, the salary in 2010 was $46,000 with $20,000 worth of benefits (total compensation $66,000)."
"American Enterprise Institute’s Andrew Biggs total public-sector compensation in Wisconsin remains comfortably ahead of compensation for private-sector workers with similar levels of education and experience. Specifically:
* Before Act 10, Wisconsin state workers received health benefits about 2.3 times as valuable and pension benefits about 5.7 times as valuable as what workers in large private firms receive. After Act 10, Wisconsin state workers still receive health benefits nearly twice as valuable and pension benefits more than 4.5 times as valuable.
* Before Act 10, Wisconsin state employees received total compensation (salary and benefits) about 29 percent higher than comparable private-sector workers. After Act 10, the compensation premium is about 22 percent.
* In dollar terms, the average Wisconsin state worker after Act 10 receives total compensation including benefits equal to $81,637, versus $67,068 for a simil...
" the unweighted average for Wisconsin teachers for the 2010 school year: a $51,000 salary, plus $30,000 worth of benefits (for a total of $81,000 worth of compensation). For an average private sector worker, he said, the salary in 2010 was $46,000 with $20,000 worth of benefits (total compensation $66,000)."
"American Enterprise Institute’s Andrew Biggs total public-sector compensation in Wisconsin remains comfortably ahead of compensation for private-sector workers with similar levels of education and experience. Specifically:
* Before Act 10, Wisconsin state workers received health benefits about 2.3 times as valuable and pension benefits about 5.7 times as valuable as what workers in large private firms receive. After Act 10, Wisconsin state workers still receive health benefits nearly twice as valuable and pension benefits more than 4.5 times as valuable.
* Before Act 10, Wisconsin state employees received total compensation (salary and benefits) about 29 percent higher than comparable private-sector workers. After Act 10, the compensation premium is about 22 percent.
* In dollar terms, the average Wisconsin state worker after Act 10 receives total compensation including benefits equal to $81,637, versus $67,068 for a similarly skilled private worker."
"Public workers by the numbers
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283,351 public workers in Wisconsin
76 Percent work for local governments
37 Percent of Wisconsin's public employees work part-time. National average is 25 percent.
38 Number of public workers per 1,000 Wisconsin residents. National average is 40.
Where they work
58 Percent of public employees work in education; 42 percent in elementary or secondary schools
8 Percent work for a police or fire department
7 Percent work in corrections
5 Percent work in public welfare
4 Percent work in health care
5 largest state agencies
Agency Employees
UW System 32,283
Corrections 10,577
Health services 5,562
Transportation 3,455
Natural resources 2,671
How they're paid
$53,703 Average salary for a Wisconsin state employee, 4.3 percent higher than the national average
$18,000 Average benefit package value for a state employee
$71,000 Average total compensation for a state employee
$45,521 Average salary for Wisconsin local government employee, 5 percent below the national average
$15,216 Average benefit package value for local government employee
$60,017 Average total compensation for local government employee
By comparison
$73,143 Average total compensation for Iowa state employees
$71,734 Average total compensation for Minnesota state employees
$69,456 Average total compensation for Illinois state employees
Walker's changes" ( http://lacrossetribune.com/ne... )
Walker just wants them to be less greedy and kick in a little for their own retirement - what a bastard for caring about all the people in his state rather than bowing to the union only!!!!
You public sector workers could have gotten quite a pay raise if you quit spending billions to elect politicians who want your neighbors to keep giving more and more and more and just kept most of that money for what it is intended for!
http://spectator.org/archives...
RECALL WALKER!
it seems the gov't jobs now pay more than private, and have way better benefits , and waaaaaaaaaaay less work and responsibility...
What exactly did Walker do to civil servants?
Secondly, the killer of any government budget (local, state, federal) is the future wages and benefits, and legacy costs of the employees. It is unsustainable, plain and simple, and something needs to be done about that runaway train.
Government money is tax money, and tax money is the people's money, and there is a limit to what can be spent. The government exists to serve the people, not employee them. Governor Walker is simply trying to save Wisconsin from fiscal collapse. If he is voted out, and Wisconsin goes the course it was on of spending like there is no tomorrow, the state will go bankrupt, and that will be ugly, very ugly.
As it is now, Wisconsin's civil servants make up 14% of the state's workforce. They are essentially a minority class that is being supported by the 86% who pay the taxes that provide their jobs, benefits, and pensions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
American workers who are members of unions earn significantly more per hour than their nonunion counterparts, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Data from the BLS National Compensation Survey shows that in July 2002, average hourly earnings among all union workers were $20.65, compared with $16.42 for nonunion workers.
In 2002, full-time wage and salary workers who were union members had median usual weekly earnings of $740, compared with a median of $587 for wage and salary workers who were not represented by unions.