Wonderful story....you should post a link at the end of the thread..some might think that’s the whole piece..but the rest of it has wonderful in fo..especially about the high union salaries and benefits..
wow, that’s approx $2400 each per year!
WEAC awarded scholarships that year, too, but the amount paled in comparison to other outlays. The union awarded just $18,850 in scholarships, or less than 1/1000 of the organization's total functional budget.
They need to turn up the wick a bit with the freebies, the tchotchke (you know, key fobs, free calendars, coffee mugs, can coozies, paper weights). That will keep the $ coming in...
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Snips from the article:
For example, according to its 2009 fiscal year IRS form, the organization employed 151 people and paid them $14,382,812. That’s an average compensation total of $95,250 per employee.
But high-ranking union officials were doing much better than that. For instance, Dan Burkhalter, WEAC executive director, was raking in $242,807, with $177,366 in wages; government relations director Robert Burke hauled in $189,505, with wages of $128,428; information and communications technology director Nathan Harper made $189,528, with wages of $129,221; financial and membership services director Jane Oberdorf made $188,164, with wages of $131,328; affiliate relations director Robert Baxter was paid $186,461, with wages of $127,774; and collective bargaining director Daniel Holub made $165,112, with wages of $110,534.
And what about WEAC president Mary Bell, the union’s public persona, who describes herself as a teacher from Wisconsin Rapids? She made $173,466, with wages of $138,031. That’s on par with Gov. Scott Walker’s salary of $144,423.
All totaled, those seven employees collected $1,335,043, with wages of $942,682.
The article ought to be sent to all the union members in Wisconsin.