IEA chief lawyer comments of pension theft suit filed today.
IEA General Counsel Mitch Roth comments of the We Are One Illinois coalition’s law suit against pension theft. This morning, the We Are One Illinois (WAOI) coalition, of which IEA is a founding union, and 25 active and retired members of TRS, SURS and SERS, on behalf of themselves and a class of others like them, filed a 55-page lawsuit (attached) in Sangamon County challenging the constitutionali
Will Guzzardi. “Let’s not heed those who continually beat the drums of war on pensions.”
Today the We Are One coalition of state public employees filed their class action suit against the state’s pension theft. A few days ago Senate President John Cullerton took aim at Chicago pensions, proclaiming that cutting police, fire and Chcago teacher pensions was job one of this session of the General Assembly. I asked Will Guzzardi, candidate for 39th State Representative what he thought
Breaking. We Are One files class action suit against Illinois pension theft.
Union coalition files lawsuit to overturn pension-slashing SB1 January 28, 2014 By IEA News We Are One Illinois Coalition files suit to overturn “pension theft” law The union coalition We Are One Illinois and a group of active and retired public employees filed suit today in Sangamon County Circuit Court to overturn pension-slashing Senate Bill 1 (Public Act 98-599). Defendants in the suit are G
Soup Kitchen and half a cola at Robyn Gabel’s office.
This afternoon our chapter of IEA Retired, the Skokie Organization of Retired Educators (SORE) had planned another pension protest outside the Evanston district office of State Representative Robyn Gabel. We had planned to set up a soup kitchen and offer half of a glass of cola. Jack was bringing the Coleman burner and the pot of chicken soup. I was bringing the cola. Off-brand, to keep the cost
So long, it’s been good to know you.
I heard about Pete’s passing the way I hear about most news these days. On Facebook. Facebook friends were saying how bad they felt. But I sat back in my chair and smiled. I mean. Jesus Christ, 94 years. Did you know his first musical instrument was a ukulele? The New York Times obit about Pete had all the songs he found, rewrote or stole and passed on. I don’t know about that stuff either. All I
1-27-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: John Dillon, retired teacher, pension activist and writer.John Dillon. Now we know that SB1 is not enough to cover the crime. John Dillon, retired teacher and pension activist and writer. John Dillon’s Pension Vocabulary: Prescience: Looking for answers in Illinois. Had the real purpose of SB1 been t