Pensions Under Attack

Dear Union Member,

Last spring, we took a stand and showed Illinois the enormous strength of working families.  And we won.

Thanks to our unprecedented efforts, we protected the pensions of Illinois’ public employees, fending off an aggressive campaign to slash our life savings.

But we aren’t out of the woods yet.  Legislators are heading back to Springfield next week for Veto Session, and our pensions are once again on the chopping block.

It’s up to us to protect our life savings. Help us strengthen our coalition by sharing this email with 5 friends and family members. Click here to ask your friends and family to join our fight to protect public employee pensions.

For decades, Illinois politicians have shorted the employer contributions required by law, creating the current pension debt. But all this time, public employees have been contributing their fair share, typically 8 percent or more from each paycheck. These pensions are their life savings. Since most Illinois public employees are not eligible to receive Social Security, reducing pensions would leave many retirees without much to fall back on.

In addition to spreading the word about our coalition, join We Are One Illinois and working men and women from across the state at noon on Wednesday, October 26 as we rally in the State Capitol rotunda. Stand with us again as we urge lawmakers to protect the life savings of all public employees.
On behalf of the more than 1 million working men and women of the We Are One Illinois Coalition, thank you for your support!

Sincerely,
The We Are One Illinois Coalition