John Dillon, who publishes the blog Pension Vocabulary, also asks you to contact Chairman Madigan and reverse his refusal to talk to the We Are One Coalition.
John echoes Madigan churlish “with warm regards” conclusion to his drop dead letter to the state’s public employee unions.
Michael Madigan refuses to meet with the public union coalition We Are One, who have called a summit in Burr Ridge for February 11thto discuss reasonable and constitutional methods of alleviating the crushing debt facing Illinois after nearly a half century of not making payments to the pension funds – a period of time for which Speaker Madigan presided for almost 40 years. Of course, it probably won’t be productive for the Speaker to be present anyway, given his comments in the abrasive response posted to AFL-CIO President Michael Carrigan’s We Are One offer. In his letter, he reminds the coalition that they had their chance in 2012, but “I felt there was little willingness from representatives of labor to draft a comprehensive, common-sense solution.”
What was the common sense and comprehensive solution Madigan wanted instead?
For one, he called for an immediate benefits reduction by AFSCME to start. The Speaker was bitter about the organization’s refusal to “ratify a contract that decreases the take-home pay of its employees.”
Email or call Speaker Madigan on Friday, February 8th.
Send the message that he must talk to the unions for real solutions.
Rep. Michael J. Madigan
(D-Chicago)
22nd DistrictDistrict Office
6500 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, IL 60629
(773) 581-8000
(773) 581-9414 (fax)
Capitol Office
300 State House
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-5350
(D-Chicago)
22nd DistrictDistrict Office
6500 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, IL 60629
(773) 581-8000
(773) 581-9414 (fax)
Capitol Office
300 State House
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-5350
Fred Klonsky 