We active and retired teachers refuse to be silenced or kept in silence.
Where is the leadership of the Illinois Education Association? Please tell us what is happening now that the Illinois legislature has approved the pillage of pensions for active and retired teachers via SB1 on December 3rd as our early Christmas present for 2013.
We are not some kind of stereotypical grandparents complaining about not hearing from the kids. We are the people who paid into the retirement system with 9.4% of our gross income for decades. We also paid our union dues in addition. We need to keep informed about current and future income. It pays for food, medication, rent/mortgages, and other necessities.
The IEA silence is destroying morale.Thankfully, the Illinois Retired Teacher Association has filed a lawsuit that even the national media has covered. (Read HERE.) Our union leadership has semi-assuredsome of us today, December 28th, via email.
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From: McBarron, Charlie
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 8:04 AM
Colleagues:
On Friday, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Senate Bill 1 was filed in Cook
From: McBarron, Charlie
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 8:04 AM
Colleagues:
On Friday, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Senate Bill 1 was filed in Cook