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Saturday, May 26, 2012

STATE OF ILLINOIS ABOUT TO HUMILIATE TEACHERS, AGAIN « Teachers Fight Back

STATE OF ILLINOIS ABOUT TO HUMILIATE TEACHERS, AGAIN « Teachers Fight Back:

STATE OF ILLINOIS ABOUT TO HUMILIATE TEACHERS, AGAIN




The  Illinois Legislature is poised to enact its version of “pension reform”.  They are about to say to the teachers of Illinois, “we stole your money from the pension fund for years, and now we would like YOU to replace what we stole”.  They can phrase it any way they want, but basically that is what they are saying to the teachers of Illinois. How humiliating to teachers. As I’ve mentioned before, it’s like a burglar robbing your house, and then suing you for more money because he wasn’t satisfied with his take the first time.
The Illinois Policy Institute, the Chicago Tribune, the powerful anti union groups, the anti public employee people, they are all about to win big. After years of public relation campaigns, the anti-teacher and anti public employee groups have had their way. They have gotten public opinion on their side, as teachers and public employees