Illinois Federation of Public Employees |  Local 4408
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IFT Field Service Director Deneen Taylor and Local 4408 Treasurer Ross Taft joined over 400 other IFT members in Springfield yesterday to advocate for funding to support public employees, including reemphasizing the need for Tier 2 reform.

(via We Are One Illinois) For years, public sector unions have sounded the alarm about the fundamental unfairness and insufficiency of the Tier 2 pension system. We have also raised serious concerns about the long term financial health of the pension systems. Today, state lawmakers took the first step toward beginning to address these concerns by passing SB1937 out of the House Executive Committee. This is a critically important bill to help ensure we can recruit and retain

Next Wednesday, October 29th, we’re going to Springfield. In other states, such as New Mexico, the governor is utilizing special sessions to address Trump's cuts by investing in food security, health care, and the essential services that our schools and communities depend on. We’re calling on Governor Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly to follow suit. You don’t fight cuts with cuts; you fight cuts by delivering what our communities need across the state. Sign up fo

(via Dan Montgomery, IFT President) As we hold our IFT triennial convention this weekend, it is an exciting time when delegates representing members around the state will elect new officers to lead our union. It is also a time to be clear-eyed. Groups with radically anti-union agendas have invested tens of millions of dollars to encourage the people of Illinois to resent teachers and our unions. For the most part, we’ve ignored them: Their biased, extremist messages don’t de