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Legislation
Update & Pending Bills Illinois Federal RTAC supported legislation Updated 6/16/10 Read what the New York Times has to say about Illinois financial condition here. |
Help Wanted Part time and full time jobs for retired teachers and opportunities to volunteer. Updated 8/22/10 |
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Legislators at Project Vote Smart Illinois Senate by district Illinois Senate by name Illinois House by district Illinois House by name Updated 6/20/10 |
Events & Activities Venues Our activities page lists over 100 places of interest to all. Join us at the 84th Annual Fall Luncheon on October 17, 2010. Details here. Updated 9/1/10 |
| Fraud Alert/Identity Theft Updated 7/12/10 Resources Updated 4/16/10 |
How to Write Your Legislator + + + + + + + Sample Letters Updated 2/17/07 |
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| RTAC forms Updated 6/4/09 |
Lobbying Updated 9/22/07 |
Alumni Reunions Updated 7/18/10 |
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Fun things are here.
(If a frog double parked, would it be toad?)
VIRUS
AWARENESS
DO NOT OPEN ANY ATTACHMENTS UNLESS
YOU ARE
CONFIDENT YOU KNOW WHO REALLY SENT IT!
Pending Legislation That Needs Your Attention
IMPORTANT--URGENT
Federal GPO-WEP legislation for 2009 - Remove the Social Security Offset!
Sign the NEA electronic petition on the NEA website (in paragraph four ).
Defined Benefits vs. Defined Contributions
Currently
we have a defined benefit
retirement plan where we are guaranteed our benefits for life. If
some legislators get their way, new employees will work under a defined contributions
retirement plan where the benefits are based entirely on how much was
contributed.
If you would like
to see how much you would have needed to contribute to a retirement
fund to enjoy your current pension, click here and
enter some data. Be aware that the projected total you have in
your account when you retire must last for life - i.e. if
your retirement account has $1,000,000 in it when you retire and you
expect to live another 20 years, you can only withdraw $50,000 per year
and the balance will continue to decrease until your account is
completely depleted and you have nothing left to live on.
Looking
for something to do?
Check out our EVENTS
page.
The EVENTS page lists events
of interest to all CPS teachers, active
as well as retired.
The Events page
contains direct links to almost 100 area entertainment
venues!
You might also like to
check our VOLUNTEER and JOBS pages.
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stay anonymous. THE ONLY OBLIGATION IS
YOUR PROMISE TO MAKE UP TO TWELVE CONTACTS WITH LEGISLATORS PER
YEAR, if requested, on behalf of
retired Chicago Public School teachers. The Club’s fast and massive
responses have already earned the respect of legislators throughout the
state, and constitute our first line of defense. Join NOW! Your help is
urgently needed!
Remember too that EVERY contribution
to RTAC COPE will help gain
our objectives! Like it or not, MONEY
TALKS – and, unfortunately, so does the absence of it!
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TO LETTER-A-MONTH CLUB MEMBERS
Many members,
particularly those using Outlook
Express,
are unable to open
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We will henceforth post all attachments on
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members can
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