Date: 2|18|2011
Six Figure Compensation the Norm for Union Leaders
Quick, when you think of a union guy do you picture a hard-working, average Joe toiling day in and day out at his job or do you picture a sophisticated lobbyist earning well over six-figures?
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The stereotype of the union that so many of us hold is downright false. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau determined that the average compensation for a Wisconsin public employee this year is $76,500. And while that’s what the average Joe is earning, a really telling picture emerges when we look at Wisconsin Union leaders. While they rail against the “injustices” piled on the worker, they’re taking home compensation well over six-figures. This isn’t Grandpa’s union folks.
A Media Trackers analysis of 2009 Form 990s filed for local Teamster chapters found that over 22 people in just five chapters made over $100,000 at the local level. This doesn’t take into account that many of these individuals also are compensated at the national level. Additionally, for most of the leaders, this isn’t even their full-time job (from which they will draw another salary).
At the State Professional Education Info Council WEAC/NEA, executive director Michael Moore’s compensation package for 2009 was $160, 575. in comparison, Service Employee International Union (SEIU) president Michael Thomas’s salary of $86, 243 seems low by union standards.
A MacIver study of 990s showed inflated compensation at the powerful American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 24 SEPAC where its executive director Marty Beil pulled in $161,847 in 2008 while his assistant, Jana Weaver, made a respectable $138,553. AFSCME’s 24 2009 LM-2 showed that 16 of its field representatives made more than $90,000. Richard Abelson, Executive Director of ASCFME Council 48 in Milwaukee garnered $106,122 in 2009 according to the organization’s LM-2.
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