Corrupt Teachers Union Bosses Make $500K Per Year With New 20% Raise – Teachers Average $44K

Actually, I would say that making $44,000 a year, while having a few months off every year, is a great deal, but I bet those teacher would be upset to see that their union bosses are giving themselves big raises, and are getting rich off the teachers, while making around a $500K per year.

Teachers across the country face pay freezes and possible layoffs, but the heads of the two biggest teachers unions saw their pay jump 20 percent last year, to nearly half a million dollars apiece.

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten’s pay jumped to $407,323 between 2010 and 2011, while her counterpart at the National Education Association, Dennis Van Roekel, got a raise to $362,644. Factor in stipends and other paid expenses and Weingarten took in $493,859 and Van Roekel $460,060 for 2011.

The big salaries drew jeers from many