From: "Lev Abramov" <lev.abramov@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Teacher Salaries Tom wrote: > * There is no reason for a senior teacher in high school to earn > one-tenth the salary of a router at a shipping port, a sixth of the > Bank of Israel librarian's wage, and half the average wage of the > Israel Electric Corporation personnel. The reason for the inflated > wages is obvious: the ports, the IEC, the Mekorot water company > and others have far more power to reduce the nation to its knees > than teachers do. - Haaretz The only reason "the ports, the IEC, the Mekorot water company and others" have more power is that they have trade unions. Teachers don't. Lev