Randi Weingarten gets busted. “Her people” forced to explain (dance) about her ignorance of the pension bill she endorsed.
CapitolFax picked up on the Twitter and blog exchange we had with AFT President Randi Weingarten.
They questioned her guy about why she didn’t know about the Illinois pension bill she endorsed.
They questioned her guy about why she didn’t know about the Illinois pension bill she endorsed.
AFT: Rich- I wanted to make sure you saw that Randi sent Fred Klonsky a longer comment off twitter to clarify why she and IFT support the pension proposal. He made it a separate post.
http://preaprez.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/randi-weingarten-responds-to-my-blog-post-on-pensions/
Miller: Yes, I saw that. She doesn’t address the issue about how she got her facts wrong. Can you?
AFT: She quickly corrected her tweet. Then she sent Fred that longer message since she didn’t
Randi Weingarten ain’t “us.”
None more stunning than this one on Twitter:
“i rechecked-cola, health benefits intact-if opt for temp -2 year cola freeze-like wage freezes many of us have taken.”
Folks. She rechecked.
Illinois retirees covered by state pensions have their COLA and health insurance intact.
Except not.
To keep them we must take a two-year freeze on cost of living or give up health care benefits.
Randi Weingarten’s idea of intact pension benefits.
Then there is the part about us.
“…like wage freezes many of us have taken.”
Now isn’t that what retirees – her own union members – want to hear from their president?
