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IEA leaders gear up to sit at the pension table. Worried? I am. « Fred Klonsky's blog

IEA leaders gear up to sit at the pension table. Worried? I am. « Fred Klonsky's blog:

IEA leaders gear up to sit at the pension table. Worried? I am.

This from IEA Communications Director Charlie McBarron:

The drive to change state pension benefits for active employees, which was stopped last May when IEA members and staff helped halt SB512, the “pension reform” bill, is about to begin anew.

Proponents had said they wanted input from unions before reintroducing the bill, or another proposal, but virtually nothing has happened. That’s about to change. Here’s what we hear: