Detroit school teachers to take 10 percent wage cut

Roy Roberts:

Detroit public school teachers will take a 10 percent wage cut and pay more for health care in what the school system's manager on Friday said were "extreme measures" needed to address a financial emergency.

The measures are designed to save nearly $82 million as part of the Detroit Public Schools' effort to address a $327 million deficit.

"These wage concessions and health care cost-sharing plans are being implemented because we are in an extremely difficult financial period for Detroit Public Schools," Roy Roberts, the emergency manager for the school system, said in a statement.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 30, 2011 5:05 AM
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