Pension Call Tuesday.
With just a few days left in the regular General Assembly session, today is the day we are expecting to see a pension bill emerge.
You can watch the House Pension Committee live here thanks to Tim Furman.
Other news: Former IEA President Bob Haisman is on his way down to Springfield with the 33,000 plus signatures gathered on his on-line petition to the one-term Governor Quinn.
33,000 is the number of votes that Pat Quinn won election by last time. He will be challenged in the next Democratic primary and he will lose to anybody.
Hundreds of other teachers are driving to Springfield today and will be making clear to General Assembly members that there are 360,00o TRS members and their families, more than a million votes in Illinois.
Many will express the same sentiments as Park Ridge teacher, Mark Schalke:
You can watch the House Pension Committee live here thanks to Tim Furman.
Other news: Former IEA President Bob Haisman is on his way down to Springfield with the 33,000 plus signatures gathered on his on-line petition to the one-term Governor Quinn.
33,000 is the number of votes that Pat Quinn won election by last time. He will be challenged in the next Democratic primary and he will lose to anybody.
Hundreds of other teachers are driving to Springfield today and will be making clear to General Assembly members that there are 360,00o TRS members and their families, more than a million votes in Illinois.
Many will express the same sentiments as Park Ridge teacher, Mark Schalke: