Talk about using figures to skew opinion. The average annual pay increase is 6.7%. It is ahead of inflation but the article doesn't address whether the original pay was in line with what prison guards might earn in the private sector. If not then a catch up over 4 years is a perfectly legitimate way to correct it.
My fellow GP'ers watch out for bait and switch. Don't chase something that is a trumped up charge which Davis can easily defend. Keep him on subject to account for energy crisis which he cannot defend.
It does, albiet indirectly. Surely prison guards deserve to be paid less than cops? Seems to me they require less in the way of skills, and the job is less dangerous, too.
I have to agree that this is a bribe, and it's pathetically low for the benefit they got, too. Guess Davis isn't a great negotiator.
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