Apply for the position of Member Volunteer Coordinator with the IEA to lead member volunteer efforts in a targeted district during the 2012 Fall Campaign. Volunteers are a valuable resource for any political campaign. Recruiting, training and supporting IEA members to participate as volunteers for recommended candidates this fall will critical in helping those candidates [...]
Pensions are on the agenda Protecting IEA member pensions is the top priority for IEA leaders and staff in the current legislative session and there are plenty of rumors flying around about TRS, SURS and the other pension systems. To make sure you’re getting the straight story: Check the IEA website, and Make sureIEA has [...]
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce invited Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to speak at its lobby day on April 17. Walker stripped collective bargaining rights from Wisconsin public employees, repealed the fair pay act for women and slashed education funding. This list of accomplishments doesn’t include his attempts to lure businesses from Illinois to Wisconsin, efforts [...]
The teachers Retirement System has issued the following statement commenting on recent news coverage regarding TRS participant benefits and TRS’ executive director. April 5, 2012 Dear Member: In recent days news reports have circulated throughout Illinois claiming that TRS Executive Director Dick Ingram is calling for changes in the benefits currently received by [...]
Now is the time for Back Home Lobbying. It’s more important than ever to schedule your Back Home Lobby Day. Key issues facing our members include: Pensions. Read the latest pension update here. TRIP (Teachers’ Retirement Insurance Plan). Read the TRIP Fact Sheet here. CIP (College Insurance Program). Watch this video with IEA President [...]
The buzz…constitutional amendment on pensions? On the heels of the third reading bill deadline in the House and Senate today, a proposed constitutional amendment has surfaced. The constitutional amendment, which has not yet been introduced, would require a 3/5 “yes” vote from members of the General Assembly for any bill that would provide a benefit [...]
TRS, SURS and the other state systems can be saved but all we need to understand that it will not be easy or inexpensive.
The top priority of IEA leaders and staff is to make sure the pension systems continue to be able to pay benefits to current and future retirees and that those participants get the benefits they have paid for.
Teachers make a difference and National Board Certified Teachers are among the nation’s most effective educators who have demonstrated that they meet the highest teaching standards. For those interested in going through the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards process, there is a fee subsidy open through May 15, as long as the money lasts. [...]
IEA members do it for the students. Students drive us to do our best. We’ve passed meaningful reform and successfully fought off a variety of attacks, including several on our pensions. We are leaders. We are at the forefront and we need to keep up this good work. We are agents of change and are [...]
In 2011, the lives of Wisconsin teachers changed overnight. Wisconsin is not alone. Attacks on collective bargaining rights have taken place in Indiana and Ohio, too, as have attacks on tenure, retirement and other important issues. In Wisconsin, contracts were replaced with highly restrictive policy handbooks. You can make sure it doesn’t happen here by [...]
Illinois Education Association is an association of more than 130,000 members composed of Illinois elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty and staff, educational support professionals, retired educators and college students preparing to become teachers.