NEA and Bank of America playing footsie. « Fred Klonsky

NEA and Bank of America playing footsie. « Fred Klonsky:

NEA and Bank of America playing footsie.

by Fred Klonsky

Dear Fred Klonsky: The NEA-Sponsored Money Market Account® rewards NEA members like you with an exclusive 1% interest rate bonus for the first 60 days (for new customers only). † That’s on top of rates that are among the highest in the country. And you get the safety of FDIC insurance, too.

A little less than a year ago after coming back from a visit to my family in Brooklyn and a visit to Occupy Wall Street, Anne and I decided to move our mortgage and all of our banking business from Bank of America to our local school’s credit union.
Bank of America, after all, epitomized the Wall Street Banksters who were making huge profits before and after

Karen Lewis at the May 23rd Rally. This is what a real teachers’ union looks like.

Fred Klonsky at Fred Klonsky - 36 minutes ago

CPS parent, Matt Farmer, brings the fire.

Fred Klonsky at Fred Klonsky - 45 minutes ago

My friend (and guitarist at my retirement bash) puts Penny Pritzker on the stand at the giant CTU rally.

The in box. Two, three, many blogs.

Fred Klonsky at Fred Klonsky - 3 hours ago

Fred, Thank you Fred for all your postings. I have started my own blog inspired by you. I am a school counselor down state and vice president of my local union. I am new at blogging and often quote you and one of my followers responded “If Fred Klonsky said it, I am sure it [...]

Pensions: What the non-teaching fat-cats get.

Fred Klonsky at Fred Klonsky - 6 hours ago

Sample of Illinois non-teaching pension recipients – Former Gov. Jim Edgar: $134,853 annually; $1.252 million total to date. His total contributions: $164,657. – Former Gov. James Thompson: $131,031 annually; $2.023 million total to date. His total contributions: $84,966. – Former Attorney General Roland Burris: $129,162 annually; $1.743 million total to date. His total contributions: $134,680. – Former [...]

First, call your senator. “Vote no on SB1673.”

Fred Klonsky at Fred Klonsky - 10 hours ago

Yesterday afternoon the Illinois House Pension Committee voted out Madigan’s pension bill. The bill is terrible. It’s signature components are a shift of state pension payments to local districts and a requirement that teachers choose between receiving a cost of living adjustment to their pension payout or a state subsidy to their retirement health care. [...]

The in box. Even Cinda Klickna doesn’t think she’s a fighter.

Fred Klonsky at Fred Klonsky - 22 hours ago

Fred, You think Cinda doesn’t know how to fight? Interesting. I’d say you’re wrong. In fact…I know you’re wrong. -Terry Terry, Even Cinda says she doesn’t know how to fight. When she was running for President of the IEA I asked her, looking back, did she wish she acted differently towards Senate Bill 7. Remember, [...]