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So again the irony is, is that this compensation for workers, federal workers it is set by statute. they're not allowed to strike. we have got a lot of federal taxpayer nickel to work on union duties. there are basically a dozen federal union groups in the federal government, with their affiliates. also an estimated 80 federal union groups and workers associations. interesting stuff coming out right now with this analysis at a time when the federal government is fighting over spending cuts. back to you, jon. jon: yeah, seems like there are some places they could find some savings. liz macdonal...

Mostly on union duties. that is up about 50% since 2006. and it is up dramatically from 129 million since 2009. but, jon, the irony is, that federal pay is set by law. it is set by statute. also federal workers are not allowed to strike. when you start drilling down into the numbers, really interesting stuff coming out. nearly threes dozen workers, for example, at the department of transportation, they get paid about $138,000 on average. $4.8 million total is what federal taxpayers are paying for. they mostly work on federal union duties. also three new york area air traffic controllers, they ...

Make less than 100,000 a year. the lowest earner among them made almost 81,000. the study by heritage foundation said the average air traffic controller compensation is expected to rise towards 200,000 in the last five years. the average american makes 50,000 a year and average dot employee makes 70,000. federal employee unions aren't legally allowed to negotiate compensation but they can bargain on other working conditions through out the federal government and departments and agencies are obligated to pay career employees who payoff fish shall time performing union duties. the department of ...

Let's turn our attention to texas and dealing with many states right now, having to cut budgets and teacher layoffs in different parts of the country and district-- one texas district is actually offering incentives to teachers to-- >> is this in new jersey. >> clayton: i'm sorry, go ahead. >> peter: there's a buyout in texas in terms of teachers. >> clayton: right. >> peter: and paying them $10,000 to step out and not be laid off, but i think there's the whole issue in the country in terms of teacher day and what teachers are doing or not doing so that includes a story in the new york post th...

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