Attack on IL public service worker pensions imminent. IEA changes its tune. « Fred Klonsky's blog #solidarity

Attack on IL public service worker pensions imminent. IEA changes its tune. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Attack on IL public service worker pensions imminent. IEA changes its tune.

by Fred Klonsky

IEA chief lobbyist Jim Reed.

To many of us there seemed no sense of urgency in the IEA leadership’s voice last week.

I think I called it a yawn.

What a difference a week makes. Now IEA chief lobbyist Jim Reed is screaming, “An attack is coming!”

Writes Reed:

It appears there will be imminent action in the next few weeks, during what is still a fairly new General Assembly. Speaker of the House Michael Madigan told theState Journal-Register this week that leaders are eyeing changes. There are no