IEA leadership stands by their silence in the face of membership outrage.
Late this afternoon the IEA leadership posted the following on Charlie McBarron’s website:
IEA statement on controversy over TRS director’s comments
October 11, 2012 By IEA Communications
IEA statement on controversy over TRS director’s comments
October 11, 2012 By IEA Communications
Statement from the Illinois Education Association October 11, 2012
Members and leaders of the Illinois Education Association were disappointed and angered by the comments executive director Ingram made to Crain’s Chicago Business regarding TRS pensions in an interview published last week.
There was no advance notice that Mr. Ingram had agreed to the interview and no inkling of what Ingram had said until the article was published.
IEA and the other members of the Illinois labor coalition oppose all current proposals for reducing the COLAs for any TRS participant. Coalition members also agree that there should be no changes made to the pensions of those who are already retired.
When the Crain’s interview was published, IEA President Cinda Klickna and Executive Director
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