Instead, Rauner Proposed Massive Retirement Cuts

Chicago, IL – At a press conference today, Bruce Rauner claimed that in his career in business he “worked hard” for teachers and police officers and “made a lot of money for their retirement.”

But the truth is Bruce Rauner tried to strip those same teachers and police officers of their hard-earned retirement money. In 2015, Bruce Rauner proposed massive cuts to benefits for police officers, public-school teachers, and firefighters with “little or no input from organized labor.”

“Bruce Rauner has never ‘worked hard’ for teachers and police officers and is only interested in their benefits when it lines his own pockets,” said Pritzker Communications Director Galia Slayen. “This is a failed governor who has worked to cut benefits and undermine working families to advance his special interest agenda.”

RAUNER’S PENSION OVERHAUL BILL PROPOSED CUTS TO POLICE, FIRE, TEACHER PENSIONS

Rauner’s Pension Overhaul Bill Proposed Cuts To Police, Fire, Teacher Pensions. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, “Gov. Bruce Rauner announced on Wednesday a massive pension overhaul bill that would cut benefits for police officers, firefighters and public teachers while saying it would save Chicago billions of dollars. Rauner said the more than 500-page pension reform bill includes changes to Chicago’s fire and police pension plans as well as to the Chicago Teachers pension.” [Chicago Sun-Times, 7/8/15]

• Rauner’s Pension Overhaul Bill “Appears To Have Been Put Together With Little Or No Input From Organized Labor.” According to the Chicago Sun-Times, “But Rauner’s bill may include some ideas from other leaders, the proposal was a far cry from negotiated deal and appears to have been put together with little or no input from organized labor.” [Chicago Sun-Times, 7/8/15]

HEADLINE: “Rauner Pension Plan: Cut Benefits For Cops, Firefighters, Teachers” [Chicago Sun-Times, 6/24/16]

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