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“He’s always been supportive of our members. It didn’t really matter what fight we were involved in, he was there with us,” regional SEIU Healthcare President Greg Kelley said. “Whether it was during COVID, trying to get PPE (personal protective equipment) or fighting for safe staffing for hospitals, contract fights when we were out on strike. On so many issues, Mayor-elect Johnson was just there, not just there, really advocating and pushing on behalf of our members.”
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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The communist union bosses, their purple Orc army, and a Marxist mayor. What could possibly go right?
Is there a pool I can get into for betting on the month the Chitty goes bankrupt?