Should the responsibility for negotiating pension benefits reside with the...
“Control of Pensions should rest locally” Daily Herald “Last week, two commissioners from the Cook County Board visited with us to provide an overview of an ambitious plan to reform the county’s public...
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What do you think a fair & sustainable retirement benefit looks like?
Because every pension fund is funded from different revenue sources and has a unique mix of employees, there is not a one-size fits all solution. Each fund needs to ensure a fair and sustainable...
View ArticlePublic Safety Employees & Retirement Age
Should be the same retirement age for: -Sheriff’s employees -Cook County Jail Correction Officers -Other Public Safety employees What retirement age would be fair?
View ArticleChicago Tribune: “Preckwinkle tries again on Cook County pension changes”
May 15, 2015 By: Monique Garcia & Hal Dardick Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is trying to revive a plan to overhaul government worker pensions, with supporters arguing the proposal is...
View ArticleAssociated Press: “Illinois House advances plan to change Cook County pensions”
May 20, 2015 By: Kerry Lester SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois lawmakers are again considering a plan to overhaul Cook County’s pension system that could trim some workers’ benefits, despite a recent...
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court Decision re Pension and Healthcare Benefits – July 3,...
Illinois Supreme Court Decision re Pension and Healthcare Benefits
View ArticleCrain’s Chicago Business: Do the math: Pension crisis was created—and...
August 12, 2015 By: Sheila Weinberg I want to commend Dave McKinney for his story in Crain’s on Illinois’ pension disaster, which pointed out key actions that governors and legislators purposely took...
View ArticleCrain’s Chicago Business: Opinion – Here’s how to eliminate pension...
August 12, 2015 By: Josh B. McGee Illinois has a massive pension debt problem. Government employers owe workers at least $130 billion—money that should have been set aside to pay benefits. The state’s...
View ArticleCrain’s Chicago Business: How bad are Chicago pensions? The worst in the nation
August 14, 2015 By: Thomas Corfman The city of Chicago is the local government most burdened by unfunded retirement plans in the nation, with a pension debt that’s more than eight times annual...
View ArticleChicago Tribune: Illinois Supreme Court to quickly hear Chicago pension appeal
August 14, 2015 By: Chicago Tribune Staff The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to quickly consider an appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down pension fund changes Mayor Rahm Emanuel...
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