AFT’s Randi Weingarten supports the pension deal. That’s no surprise. But claiming it fixes the pension system? | Fred Klonsky

AFT’s Randi Weingarten supports the pension deal. That’s no surprise. But claiming it fixes the pension system? | Fred Klonsky:

AFT’s Randi Weingarten supports the pension deal. That’s no surprise. But claiming it fixes the pension system?

by Fred Klonsky

American Federation of Teacher President Randi Weingarten gave her stamp of approval to the awful pension deal worked out between the We Are One coalition and Senate President John Cullerton.
“Instead of focusing on blaming, scapegoating and trying to eviscerate public workers—as is the sport in so many states—there was a real effort in the Senate-passed measure to reach consensus with state workers and find a fair solution to fixing the pension system.”
This continues the tradition of the leaders not just claiming they cut a deal that needed to be cut.
It “fixed the pension system.”
How is that possible?
The deal does nothing to address the $100 billion dollar pension liability.
And the only ones paying more going forward are members of the pension system. Teachers and other public