Thirty-four union elites are draining $338,000 a month from the Illinois teacher pension system see it here– including the $20,200 per month pension of the former President of the NEA (national teachers union, Washington DC). Unions are self described “private organizations,” not government. The unions exert so much muscle in Springfield that they’ve literally written themselves into the government’s pension code.
The rest of the story can be found here:
http://forthegoodofillinois.org/blog/2011/09/4-million-teacher-pensions-for-35-union-elites/
