Pension Reform Hits Another Snag with Suit

WTTW News | January 28, 2014, 11:30 am

A lawsuit was filed by a coalition of major public employee and teacher unions in Springfield today claiming the cost-of-living cuts, salary caps and raising of the retirement age is unconstitutional. Eddie Arruza talks with Anders Lindall, spokesman for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, and Ted Dabrowski, Vice President of Policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, about lawsuit specifics and how the state can move forward with funding the pension gap. Read the full complaint from We Are One Illinois.