#RedforED: Grassroots movement or union propaganda?

Los Angeles teachers wearing “#RedforED” t-shirts are threatening to strike for higher wages. Their salary schedule ranges from $50,368 for new teachers to $112,963 for senior educators. High-performing new teachers earn $62,000 less thanks to counterintuitive union rules that forbid merit pay, but the district already offered 6 percent to increase the range from $53,390 to $119,740. Add at least 30 percent for benefits and the range rises from $69,407 to $155,662. That’s a pre