I wan’t going to do another pension post. Then Swanson spoke.
Will new IEA President Cinda Klickna sell us out on pensions too? Is sitting at the table all these people want?
I thought I would give the whole pension issue a rest today.
But then Ken Swanson met with the Chicago Sun-Times.
Illinois Education Association President Ken Swanson told us this week that he’s willing to look at “increasing the [employee] contribution in some reasonable way,” but he also said any discussion must start with financial data on the pension systems that is produced by an independent source — and not the Civic Committee.
I was flooded with emails this morning by teachers who read this. Outraged.
But I’m not surprised.
I hate to say, “I told you so.” But I did.
I warned that the pension robbing bill of Cross, Madigan and Ty Fahner of the Civic Committe (and who is kidding
