ILL-inois: Unions to protest pension reform bill hasn't been filed yet

While a bipartisan legislative committee has devised a plan to fix Illinois' worst-funded-in-the-nation public pensions, no legislation has been filed. As of this writing there is no bill to read, although members of the General Assembly have been briefed on it.

Still, a bill may be voted on as early as Tuesday.

But that hasn't stopped Big Labor from organizing protests against the bill.

From AP:

Up against a determined effort to curtail state employees' retirement benefits, Illinois' unions are staging an all-out campaign to thwart approval of a breakthrough proposal to solve the state's $100 billion pension crisis, specifically targeting a small contingent of moderate Senate Democrats.

The effort includes plans to flood lawmakers' offices with retirees this week as they return to the Capitol beginning Monday, in addition to an ongoing phone campaign aimed at members of both the House and Senate.

Of course the bill should be made public and adequate time is needed for analysis, but that's not the ILL-inois way.

Nancy Pelosi infamously said of ObamaCare that "we have to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it."

Big Labor is compelled to protest a bill before they know what's in it.

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