Back Home Lobby Days start NOW! IEA’s Director of Government Relations has the latest on the 2012 Illinois General Assembly, who will likely tackle public pensions during the next few months. Jim Reed is urging IEA members to lobby lawmakers in their home districts via the IEA’s Back Home Lobby Days initiative. The key dates [...]
Back Home Lobby Days start NOW! IEA’s Director of Government Relations reports on the first meeting of the 2012 Illinois General Assembly. Jim Reed is urging IEA members to lobby lawmakers in their home districts via the IEA’s Back Home Lobby Days initiative. The key dates lawmakers should be available in their home districts include: [...]
Pension update In Wednesday’s State of the State address, Gov. Quinn restated his belief that the Illinois pension problem, which, along with Medicaid, is having a major impact on the state budget, needs to be addressed in 2012. The key legislative leaders are echoing that belief. Illinois Labor Pension Coalition The unions representing the government [...]
Schedule your ‘Back Home Lobby Day’ When it comes to lobbying state legislators, where the contact occurs doesn’t matter as long as the member is well prepared for the meeting and will encourage support from the representative or senator. IEA members are urged to participate in “Back Home Lobby Days” by meeting with the lawmakers [...]
Schedule your ‘Back Home Lobby Day’ The Illinois Statehouse is under renovation, but IEA members cannot let the limited access to the State Capitol Building stop them from lobbying their state senators and representatives on school funding, pensions and all the other issues so important to public education. IEA leaders are urging members to participate [...]
Try something new with Read Across America The theme is “green” for a very special 2012 celebration. NEA’s Read Across America campaign will showcase the Lorax book as well as NBC/Universal’s The Lorax (featuring the voices of Taylor Swift, Zach Efron, Danny Devito and Betty White). For more information go to the NEA website. The film opens nationwide March [...]
Another IEA member winner! Congratulations to Katy F., a member of the SPEED Education Association, on winning one of the $100 gift cards. Will you be the winner of the other $100 Visa card? You could be if you log on to the IEA website, click on “My Profile” and check or update [...]
Win Bears tickets You could win two seats to the Dec. 18 Bears game vs. the Seattle Seahawks. To be entered, send an email to us with “Bears” in the subject line. A winner will be randomly selected Dec. 12 and named in the next insider. Entries must be received by 4 p.m., Dec. 12. [...]
The Buzz… A Fight to the Finish In many ways, the 2011 legislative session ended the same way it began – at least with regard to pensions. The General Assembly has adjourned without voting on the major pension bill SB 512, just as the spring session ended without a vote on the same bill. Lawmakers return to [...]
The IEA message on pensions can be heard everywhere in Illinois right now, thanks to the member-funded statewide media campaign. The IEA radio ads are being broadcast via Illinois Radio Network affiliates. In addition, the ads are airing on a variety of other radio stations serving urban and rural listeners. Listen to the radio ad [...]
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