According to UT, the grand total cost of the $1200 raise is
$16,336,643.  This includes UTC and UTK- the whole system.

The cost of a 3% raise is $17,473,716;  the cost of a 2% raise is $11,649,144.

There are 810 UT employees making less than $20,000 a year.  There are 2040
making less than $25,000 a year.

There are 157 administrators making over $100,00 a year.  An additional 24
that are listed as "professionals" (but are not faculty) make over $100,000
a year.  Note that a 1% pay increase for those top 157 administrators would
probably cost MORE than $1200 across-the-board for everybody else.

With statistics like these, could there be a better time for the union on
this campus?

In Solidarity,
Fritz.