A friend forwarded me an 85-page list of the almost 3,600 Pennsylvania state employees who made more than $100,000 a year. The list was obtained from state records by the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. The article can be found in today’s edition.
A number of college professors were around $110,000 level, but I did not see a single high school or elementary school teacher on that list. Nor did I see any PennDot workers, hospital orderlies, park rangers, museum guides, prison guards, state store clerks, or game wardens.
A note on the rally
A reader asked what I thought was the actual effect of the labor rally in East Stroudsburg yesterday. Excellent question. One of my fellow participants said she doubted whether the management of the Pocono Medical Center would be impressed by thousands of people, many of whom, like our delegation, were brought in by bus from out of town. I do think the hospital workers themselves will be encouraged to hang in there by the show of support. The other positive effect may be to encourage the participants to fight for worker rights in our own back yards.
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