Chicago Teacher Union’s Karen Lewis on pensions.
CTU President Karen Lewis on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight.
What are your thoughts on pensions for teachers?
“I think a lot of people don’t realize that we don’t get social security at all. Pension is the only retirement thing we have outside of individual savings and plans. So it matters to us. I’m a younger teacher, I’m 32, but of course I think about my retirement. I feel really bad for a lot of teachers who are getting out of the system now because they are afraid about their pensions.
I have friends who work in the corporate world who get a bonus at the end of the
What if Senator Mark Kirk had worked at Wal-Mart?
Phil Kadner in the Southtown:
Kirk’s facing a difficult recovery process. But he’s a lucky guy.
Millions of Americans have no health insurance. No job security.
Millions of other workers would discover that their health insurance didn’t cover the costs of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago when they needed it.
But instead of using his emotional video to talk about that, instead of saying that every one of his constituents deserves the same opportunity to resurrect their lives in a medical emergency, Kirk talks about cutting budgets and taxes.