If you’re frustrated with Illinois’ educational results, you may want to follow the money from teachers unions. In the last four years alone, Illinois lawmakers and political candidates have taken nearly $30 million in contributions from teachers unions and their national affiliates.
Lawmakers conveniently ignore the full impact of inflation when it comes to ordinary Illinoisans. Take the personal exemption on the state income tax. For tax year 2023, the exemption will not rise with inflation as it should under current law. And that means a higher tax bill for everyone.
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski testified on April 10, 2024 to members of the House Revenue and Finance Committee at the invitation of Rep. Joe Sosnowski. Ted told lawmakers that the state’s property tax burden has become dire for countless Illinoisans.
Ted joined WLS 890’s PM Chicago Show to discuss Chicago’s worsening pension crisis, why the city’s crisis makes it such an outlier nationally, its negative impact on residents, government workers and retirees alike, and what Mayor Brandon Johnson should do about it.
When has any company persisted with a project in the face of stronger local, statewide and national opposition? When have taxpayers subsidized a more harebrained project?
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Lakeside Foods is in Winnetka (not Chicago as stated in the linked article). And it’s UFCW Local 1546 (no Local 1456 as stated in the following article). http://www.nrtw.org/news/illinois-workers-appeal-decision-blocking-vote04142017 Unions power, revenue, & jobs is derived not only from union members and dues, but in the private sector also from the various funds they control, such as pension, health & welfare, training / apprenticeship, fair contracting, labor management cooperation committee, etc. The first two funds are the most common, and funds vary depending on union / employer. When a union local decertifies, an issue is what happens to the contributions to… Read more »
union political power is also derived from the often associated political action committee (PAC) of a union local, regional entity, state entity, national entity, or affiliated network entity. In this case, the PAC for UFCW Local 1546 is the, “United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1546 Political Action Fund.” Kenneth Boyd, the Chairman of the UFCW Local 1546 PAC is also: – President of UFCW Local 1546; – an International Vice President in UFCW International; – a union trustee in the UFCW Midwest Health Benefits fund; – a union trustee in the UFCW Midwest Pension fund. Kenneth Urzedowski, the Treasurer… Read more »
My Local 881 UFCW rep drove a Corvette. I couldn’t get promoted because when I left for school and came back for breaks, I’d go back to the bottom in seniority.
Good for them! I don’t care how far it is, I’ll drive there from the city if they accomplish this. I vote with my wallet, and I support non union shops.