Correction

Due to an editing error in the March 5 Views & Opinions column, Tom Tonon’s comparison of pay raises granted in his industry to those being sought by custodial employees was garbled. His letter should have said “Working as a professional engineer with my present employer, over the last 15 years my average yearly salary increase was 2.2 percent.” The custodian union was asking for a 19 percent raise over four years.