Apparantly 700 teachers in New York are essentially getting paid to do nothing while they figure out what disciplinary action to take against them because of a nice contract set up by the union there that makes it difficult for the public sector to fire them for misconduct.  That doesn’t surprise me, but I’m sure it may anger some to find out that some of these teachers are getting paid up to $70,000 a year when they aren’t even teaching, apparantly this is costing the city around $65 million a year.  It is the type of story that makes you wish you had a job as a public servant in New York because of their history with the unions there.

The last time we heard about unions in New York it was about the MTA strike of 2005.  That didn’t last long though, and eventually the penalties incurred under the Taylor Law were deducted from the pay of those on strike.