Teachers who make a difference are at the heart of a new radio ad that is part of the IEA’s ongoing media campaign. The new ad, titled “Each of Us,” will air throughout the state during January and February on the affiliates of the Illinois Radio Network as well as on other stations throughout the state. [...]
The Chicago Rush is pleased to invite the members and families of the Illinois Education Association to the games on March 10, 2012 and April 21, 2012 to celebrate School Appreciation Days. Stay after the games to meet your favorite Rush players and Adrenaline Rush Dancers at our complimentary autograph session. To place your order, [...]
As the Illinois General Assembly returns to work at the statehouse on November 29, IEA President Cinda Klickna provides an update on Senate Bill 512, the proposal that would cut pension benefits for active (hired before 1-1-11) IEA member participants in SURS and TRS. President Klickna reports that it appears the backers of the bill [...]
If you have ideas on what can be done to improve public education, Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon wants to hear from you. Simon’s “Classrooms First” commission is taking input via an online survey that is available to anyone with ideas for cutting costs or improving efficiency. The deadline for the survey is December 2nd. [...]
IEA President Cinda Klickna offers her thanks for the hard work of IEA members and staff in stopping a pension cutting bill in the Illinois House.
Full-time faculty at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) are standing strong as their strike for fair treatment enters the fourth day. Negotiations are continuing today. The SIUC administration delivered a revised proposal to the faculty late Monday, but significant issues remain unresolved. An estimated 500 to 700 students rallied on campus Monday afternoon in support [...]
IEA member Brandi Martin, a teacher from Aurora, has created a brief video that makes a compelling case for teacher pensions as a benefit for taxpayers and does so in a highly entertaining way. Watch it and feel free to share it with your friends and colleagues.
An overflow crowd of teachers, firefighters, police officers, mental health works, state employees and other public workers, all of them union members, packed the Illinois Statehouse rotunda Wednesday for a rally in support of retirement security and collective bargaining rights. Represented were IEA, the Illinois Federation of Teachers, AFSCME, SEIU, the Fraternal Order of Police [...]
The Illinois Education Association today issued a news release showing that a pension reform plan introduced last spring was flawed in that it would have been far more costly to taxpayers than what we currently have and would have destroyed the pension system. IEA also is urging lawmakers not to rush to pass any “pension [...]
As you are likely aware, the Chicago Tribune and the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago are encouraging lawmakers to come to next week’s veto session in Springfield prepared to reform the pension system. Attempts to do so failed last Spring. The plan the Civic Committee proposed is terribly flawed. Today, President Cinda [...]
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.