No, you are right, it won't. But they work 12 months of year about as much any other professional with a benefits package that includes paid leave, vacation, sick, personal, etc. especially when you factor in are constantly forced to use their personal time for work knowing that it will never increase returns, and at times have to spend their own money on supplies and teching tools.Giving teachers 500 more dollars a year wouldn't increase the level of education in this country, nor would taking 500 for pensions, ect. Teachers in Wisconsin average 50k, and they don't work 12 months a year. So that number is deceptive. The pensions, health insurance, and ect cost as much as the salary. By continuing this and making tax payers pay for it, you are saying that government workers are more important than your average citizen.
And Id like to remind you, the Union leaders had already agreed to nearly every financial concession, this thread was about bargaining rights. The right to have a say the next time you come up to the table, say at a time when the economy is good, we have enough money to pay for education, and marks have improved. But if conservatives have their way unchecked they will destroy our public schools and make serving at Chili's a more lucrative career.