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Jobs, Economy and Trade Focus of Teamsters' Convoy For Change

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April 9th, 2008
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sunherald.com — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa kicked off the union's three-day "Working Class Convoy For Change" by meeting with workers in Eastern Pennsylvania to discuss how to keep good jobs in the state and why the Teamsters are against free trade agreements that hurt the U.S. economy.

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Compared to other countries, U.S. flunks in teacher pay

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April 2nd, 2008

In South Korea and Germany, starting salaries for teachers are about 141% of per capita GDP, while the figure for the United States is only 81%; in fact, all countries in this sample pay their teachers a significantly higher relative wage as a starting salary compared to the United States.

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Joydeep Roy. "Compared to other countries, U.S. flunks in teacher pay." Economic Policy Institute. 2 April 2008. http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_snapshots_20080402.
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