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AFT Resolution

TEACHER RETIREMENT

WHEREAS, many teachers in the state of Illinois rely on the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System as the primary means of preparing for retirement; and

WHEREAS, the conditions and benefits of the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System are generous in comparison with the Social Security system; and

WHEREAS, requiring teachers in the state of Illinois to be included in the Social Security system would be ruinous for present and future retirees; and

WHEREAS, inclusion of future teachers in the Social Security system would jeopardize the financial stability of the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System:

RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers shall formally support the retention of individual state teacher pension systems and object to their replacement by the Social Security system.

(1986)

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