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.

Related Links:

Chicago Tribune article on Major union group sues to overturn Illinois pension law

Chicago Sun-Times article on Public-sector unions sue Gov. Quinn over pension reform

Civic Federation findings on pension funding

File Attachments:

We Are One Illinois Complaint.pdf