• What does your union do?

    [Image description] 1. We negotiate contract details for our members, most of which fall under three categories, salaries, benefits, and working conditions. (This is generally referred to as the collective...

  • News from IFT on the Janus Case

    [Picture] by Beth Camplain | Jun 27, 2018 What you can do now to keep our unions strong. What you can do now to keep our unions strong Today, President Trump’s appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court cast...

  • Changes to the Illinois Pension Code

    In early June, three changes to the Illinois Pension Code that affect some TRS members were signed into law: - A reduction in the “threshold” affecting employer contributions on year-to-year salary increases...

  • Dr. Hentze's High Finance

    [Image description] State funding: The District is waiting for the General Assembly’s Joint Committee for Administrative Rules (J-CAR) to set the guidelines for the new calculation of adequacy formula...