(From left) Michael Carrigan, president of the Illinois AFL-CIO, Ted Street, president of Illinois FOP, Dan Montgomery, president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, (arms folded) Mike Shields, president of the Chicago FOP and Bill Potts of the SEIU are members of the “We Are One Illinois” coalition of unions representing public employees and retirees that released a study on the impact of benefit cuts at the Thompson Center Wednesday. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the General Assembly in the House chambers at the Illinois State Capitol Wednesday. AP Photo
A bloc of unionized state employees and teachers Wednesday laid out their blueprint for tackling Illinois’ $96 billion pension crisis by offering to devote more of their paychecks toward their retirements and calling for an end to $2 billion in corporate tax breaks. But Gov. …
