a 1% raise might only put them in a higher tax bracket, resulting in increased taxes and possibly even less money after taxes..oh well

jcarpe, those of who choose to be members choose to pay their dues. So how can you say the "union crooks?" Are you watching to much national Fox news who has been the ban wagon attacking the teachers union as the root of all evil but yet doesn't attack these unions: Air Line Pilots Association, Amalgamated Transit Union,American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Musicians, American Federation of School Administrators,American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Teachers,American Federation of Television and Radio Artists,American Postal Workers Union,American Train Dispatchers Department,Associated Actors and Artistes of America,Actors' Equity Association,American Guild of Musical Artists,American Guild of Variety Artists,The Guild of Italian American Actors,Screen Actors Guild, Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union and the other countless in America.

WOW,a whole one percent.Bet the union crooks will get most of that in the form of increased dues.Teachers lose again.