IL AFL-CIO endorses governor who cut union employee pensions – for teachers, etc. Why?
IL AFL-CIO Pres. Mike Carrigan and the Executive Board made union history by endorsing Gov. Pat Quinn (D) for re-election. Quinn and other Democratic super-majority members of the state Senate and House passed SB1 to cut union teacher and state employee pensions. In spite of opposition by most members of the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) and the American Federation of State and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), union members’ dues money will be handed to Quinn and others who signed this horrific bill.
Why would the IL AFL-CIO endorse the governor whose decision is being brought to court by AFL-CIO unions? Why?
AFL-CIO unions are planning to take the SB1 pension pillage decision all the way to the state Supreme Court. The IL AFL-CIO endorsement of the same politicians who have enacted the bill is self-defeating. The IL AFL-CIO is part of the divide in Divide-and-Conquer.
This is not a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils; corporate backers of all the gubernatorial nominees want a piece of the pension pillage. Quinn has done more damage