Romeoville teacher and Plainfield resident Kathleen Sharkey (left), holds a sign as she joins a group of teachers protesting changes to pensions outside the office of Rep. Tom Cross Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at 24047 W. Lockport St. in Plainfield. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Retired teacher and Oswego resident Mary Sanders (left), a teacher for 34 years, walks with a group of teachers protesting changes to pensions outside the office of Rep. Tom Cross Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at 24047 W. Lockport St. in Plainfield. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
A group of teachers protest changes to pensions outside the office of Rep. Tom Cross Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at 24047 W. Lockport St. in Plainfield. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
A group of teachers protest changes to pensions outside the office of Rep. Tom Cross Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at 24047 W. Lockport St. in Plainfield. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
A group of teachers protest changes to pensions outside the office of Rep. Tom Cross Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at 24047 W. Lockport St. in Plainfield. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
PLAINFIELD — Educators past and present had a message for Illinois House Minority Leader Tom Cross on Wednesday evening in front of his downtown Plainfield office: Hands off our pensions! Holding signs that read, “I paid. You promised. Don’t Cut” and “Pension broken promises,” approximately …
