Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund

CTU supports use of mock guillotine 'wherever' it was headed

By Mailee Smith, Illinois Policy Institute | Monday, Aug 31, 2020 @ 3:04pm

CTU members who don’t support the union’s violent rhetoric have another option: they can opt out of the union. But they must do so today if they want to stop paying dues this school year.
Pritzker’s $3.4B income tax hike can fund less than 4 months of state pension costs

By Austin Berg and Adam Schuster, Illinois Policy Institute | Wednesday, Apr 3, 2019 @ 10:30am

Without reform, Illinois’ pension problem will continue to force tax hikes while crowding out the core services residents need.
11 things you need to know about Chicago teacher pensions

By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner, Illinois Policy Institute | Tuesday, Mar 8, 2016 @ 12:45pm

Pension holidays, steep increases in teachers' salaries, and lopsided ratios of teacher contributions to pension payouts have caused the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund’s unfunded liabilities to shoot up to $9 billion in 2015.