A GateHouse News Service analysis of pension data has identified nearly 19,000 public workers at all levels of Illinois government hired in that span, from bus drivers to university presidents.
The employees’ 2010 hire date gives them a toehold in the richer — and more expensive, to the taxpayer — pension plan.
Illinois Constitution prohibits “diminished or impaired” pension benefits for current members, but a growing group of government watchdogs has called for cuts to pensions for state employees who are already on the payrolls. Martin believes any reform is meaningless unless it changes benefits for the half-million public employees now working across the state.
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