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Compensation - State Salary Schedule 2% raise begins January 1, 2012 Teacher/Specialist Basic Salary Bach. Bach. Years of Exp. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 No. Degree Degree Plus 15 Plus 30 Mast. Mast. Degree Degree Plus 15 Plus 30 Bach. Grad. Grad. Mast. Grad. Grad. Degree Degree Credits Credits Degree Credits Credits Mast. Degree Plus 45 Grad. Credits 26,433 27,506 28,579 29,651 31,261 32,333 33,406 34,482 26,700 27,776 28,848 29,921 31,530 32,603 33,676 34,748 26,942 28,042 29,115 30,188 31,797 32,870 33,942 35,018 27,908 28,980 30,053 31,129 32,738 33,810 34,883 35,956 28,714 29,706 30,672 31,665 33,112 34,077 35,285 36,357 29,706 30,672 31,665 32,630 34,077 35,070 36,036 37,029 30,672 31,665 32,630 33,596 35,070 36,036 37,029 37,994 31,665 32,630 33,596 34,589 36,036 37,029 37,994 38,959 32,630 33,596 34,589 35,554 38,478 39,444 40,434 41,402 33,596 34,589 35,554 36,520 39,444 40,434 41,402 42,392 34,589 35,612 36,520 37,513 40,343 41,402 42,392 43,358 37,513 38,478 41,402 42,392 43,358 44,326 38,533 39,444 42,392 43,358 44,326 45,316 40,434 43,358 44,326 45,316 46,282 41,449 44,326 45,316 46,282 47,247 45,316 46,328 47,247 48,240 48,232 49,255 This table represents the state portion of 10-month teacher/specialist salary, effective January 1, 2012, and reflects a 2% salary increase passed by the General Assembly in the state's budget bill last spring. House Resolution honors unions' role in building middle class - by Mike Hall, Nov 4, 2011, http://blog.aflcionow.org The nation's labor unions play a vital role in "ensuring a strong middle class," says a resolution honoring the labor movement, intro- duced in the U.S. House this week by Rep. Donald Payne (D-N.J.). H ouse Resolution 452 ( ) recog- nizes the importance of unions in building and maintaining a middle class: "by advocating for more equi- table wages, humane work condi- tions, improved benefits…[and] unions make the middle class strong by ensuring workers have a voice in both the market and in the nation's democracy." Payne, who held several union- ized jobs before being elected to Congress in 1988, says: "I know firsthand the strong impact unions have made on the workforce. I worked my way through college as a dockworker at Port Newark. I was once a seasonal postal worker and 4 Nov/Dec 2011 DSEA ACTION! truck driver. I have worked the line and was a forklift operator at a local brewery in Newark, New Jersey. "I also served as a teacher for Newark Public Schools. If it were not for the protections provided by a union in these positions, I may not have succeeded in those posi- tions, which ultimately prepared me to represent labor union inter- ests now as a senior member on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce." The resolution notes that if the rate of unionization increased by 10 percent, "the typical middle class family would earn $1,479 more this year," and also says: "Unions bene- www.dsea.org fit even nonunion workers—partic- ularly in highly unionized indus- tries—by setting a high standard for benefits and wages that other employers must meet." It also highlights the role unions have played in bringing economic equality to women and communi- ties of color, the training opportuni- ties unions provide and their essen- tial contributions in winning vital legislation from Social Security to the minimum wage to health care reform. pdf/BILLS-112hres452ih.pdf http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys /pkg/BILLS-112hres452ih/