I'd like someone to tell me how it is possible to be a liberal and not support striking teachers.

[HiPointDem]

249. Because they can bargain for the other demands using salary as leverage.

And as for your list, i'm not going to look through 700 pages, but I looked through the first 11. You see over there on the right where it says "union affiliation"?

The first two pages, most of those are "none," "operating engineers," or "public service employees union". Those are administrators and staff, not teachers.

In the first 11 pages there are exactly SEVEN CTU members. Their salaries are:

52, 91, 94, 78, 43, 43, 43. Average = $63K.

I don't believe you went through 700 pages and pulled out the teachers, and now know what the 'typical' teacher makes. I just don't believe you. Nice try.

That's a list of ALL EMPLOYEES. Not all teachers.

And another thing you should know about rahm -- despite his cries of poverty, he's ADDED overhead -- lots of new "specialists of this and that" ("recess specialist" eg) whose job is to take over and 'manage' things teachers used to do (& incidentally to 'manage' the teachers).

He added a floor of lawyers and a new public relations department. He's added all sorts of crap. Plenty of $$$$$ for bureaucrats, while laying off teachers.