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UPDATE: From the former IEA President who gave us Senate Bill 7 come words of advice: “Shared sacrifice.” Is he working for the Civic Committee now? « Fred Klonsky

From the former IEA President who gave us Senate Bill 7 come words of advice: “Shared sacrifice.” Is he working for the Civic Committee now? « Fred Klonsky:


From the former IEA President who gave us Senate Bill 7 come words of advice: “Shared sacrifice.” Is he working for the Civic Committee now?

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Retired IEA President Ken Swanson. The guy who, with Jonah Edelman, gave us SB7, now has words of advice on pensions. Did we ask him?
Ken Swanson was the IEA President who worked with Jonah Edelman and Stand for Children to bring the state Senate Bill 7.
Senate Bill 7 ended teacher tenure and seniority as we know it. It undermined collective bargaining rights and


Representative Kelly Cassidy hawks the Nekritz pension killer. I get equal time.

State Representative Kelly Cassidy is one of the sponsors of HB6258, one the worst of the pension bills.
Cassidy appeared on the Live From the Heartland radio show last Saturday morning. Live from the Heartland is on WLUW, 88.7 FM. It broadcasts live from one of my favorite Chicago restaurants, The Heartland Cafe.
Readers know that The Heartland is around the corner from the Red Line Tap, where my conversations with Tony