[Peace-discuss] Illinois public employee pensions and Israel?

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<https://preaprez.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/illinois-public-employee-pensions
-and-israel/> Illinois public employee pensions and Israel?

by  <https://preaprez.wordpress.com/author/preaprez/> Fred Klonsky 

 
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Illinois State Senator Ira Silverstein.

 

Illinois public employee pensions are the most underfunded pension funds in
the country.

This is because the Illinois legislature refused to pay into them what they
are required to pay.

Naturally they now want to use them to pursue a foreign policy agenda of
support for Israel.

You are probably saying, "What?"

Oh, yes.

Last year Senator Ira Silverstein was defeated in his attempt to defund
Illinois public colleges and universities if even one employee supported the
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.

Now he and a bunch of others are back with an idea that Bruce Rauner loves.

This  bill would require TRS and other public pension funds to research and
investigate companies and divest any investments in those that participate
in a political boycott of Israel.

Amazingly
<http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1761&GAID=13&DocTypeI
D=SB&LegID=88517&SessionID=88&SpecSess=&Session=&GA=99> this bill passed in
the Senate 49-0.

Let me remind you that Senator Silverstein voted last year to cut our
pension benefits.

Time to make some phone calls to Illinois House members and tell them to
leave our pension investments alone.

They've done enough harm to our pension funds already.

 <https://preaprez.wordpress.com/author/preaprez/> Fred Klonsky | April 28,
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