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Nevada: Casinos stick it to the teachers union

March 11, 2008 by libertyisforme

The gaming industry sued and won against the teachers union.

Celebrate good times, come on.

The union decided to submit a ballot initiative that would increase business taxes from 6.75% to 9.75% for the purposes of paying teachers more.

However, a State Supreme Court Justice Mariam Shearing sided with the casinos, ruling that it’s OK to have an initiative on raising gaming taxes, but it can’t specifically designate the money for raises for teachers.

More!?! They get an average salary of $43,211, some districts offer performance pay, and the state finances recruitment or retention incentives for teachers of subject-area shortages.

What greedy teachers!

H/T: Eric Odom

Posted in Sweet | Tagged Nevada, teachers union | 2 Comments

2 Responses to “Nevada: Casinos stick it to the teachers union”

on 17 Mar 2008 at 3:21 pm1 » MD teachers union wants slot machines and more money Liberty is for me…

[...] MD teachers union is pushing a referendum that legalizes slot machines and gives half the proceeds to public schools. Same thing as NV. [...]
on 30 Mar 2008 at 5:16 am2 Gambling Pharaoh

Gambling Pharaoh

Very interesting! Thank you for the information.