What’s Going On?
SB512 is expected to move through the Illinois legislature this week; it is still in flux, but changes are being proposed that would either drastically increase your contributions (i.e. the amount of the SURS deduction taken out of each of your paychecks) , or force you to change to plans that either have a higher retirement age (age 67) or higher risk/reduction of benefit to continue with the current lower per-paycheck contributions.
These changes affect all PT faculty members who currently pay into SURS, regardless of union status. The IEA considers these changes unconstitutional and is strongly opposing them. Learn more here.
What Can You Do?
Please contact your legislators (in person, if you can) and let them know how these changes would affect you. As minimally-compensated PT Faculty members, many of whom are nearing retirement age, these proposed changes would have profound negative impact on us.
IEA Members can use this tool to send a message to their State Representative and Senator. If you are not an IEA member or CODAA member, you can independently look up the contact information for your State Representative and Senator at this website.