Sunday, May 6, 2012

Final push to save teacher pensions. Keep the pressure on everyone. « Fred Klonsky

Final push to save teacher pensions. Keep the pressure on everyone. « Fred Klonsky:


Final push to save teacher pensions. Keep the pressure on everyone.


The only time you will read me quoting Ronald Reagan: “Trust, but verify.”
As we head back to school tomorrow, we are heading into the final month of the Illinois General Assembly session.
Crunch time on the pension issue.
Active and retired teachers have to step up. A contact a day. Every day.
And the pressure must be put on both the legislators and our IEA leadership.
Some argue that the IEA should be at the table. Maybe. But now, I say that that they don’t seem  at the table is