IEA President urges members to fight for revenue increase

Illinois Education Association President Ken Swanson on Thursday, March 25, urged the 133,000 IEA members to channel the anger they are feeling over the passage of legislation into a positive action; convincing the same lawmakers who passed the bill that cuts pension benefits for future employees to pass a tax increase that will stop layoffs and program cuts in public education and provide needed funding for education and human services in Illinois.