Last year, many American teachers' salaries were frozen, and they may be fired. However, the presidents of the two major education unions received a 20% salary increase, with an annual salary of nearly $500,000 each. According to Fox News Channel 14, the annual salary and allowance of randy wayne Garden, president of the American Teachers' Union, exceeded $490,000 last year, while the annual salary of Dennis Van Rocco, president of the National Education Association, exceeded $460,000. Even the income of nearly 600 American teachers in these two major education alliances exceeded 654.38 million dollars.

In contrast, the average salary of American teachers is less than 44,000, and many teachers are even moonlight. The huge income gap has angered many teachers, and teachers' groups and their supporters have denounced the education union. Some people think that the high salary of education trade union personnel is determined by its monopoly privilege: the trade union forces teachers to pay fees, but the transparency of trade union funds is not enough; There are also some teachers who think that they have paid their dues, but the union has done nothing. Teachers are still threatened by unemployment, and their status is still low. Some teachers said, "They want others to treat teachers as ordinary workers, not professional technicians."

Tony has taught history in Michigan for 265,438+0 years, and his annual salary is still only 74,000. He thinks this is enough, but he is worried that young and inexperienced teachers are underpaid.

However, Wayne Garden complains that no one knows the teacher's hard work better than the trade union. Last year, he and all the staff of the American Teachers' Union voluntarily accepted the wage freeze. Wayne said that his salary is completely open and not that high.