Rauner Report: Rauner hopes to leverage state aid to eliminate union rights

So, IEA often publishes updates regarding our governor, Bruce Rauner, and his actions regarding education. These updates are titled Rauner Reports, and we will be posting some of them here with short, accessible, summaries for all of you. 

So, Bruce Rauner has used the phrase "Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures" throughout his campaign as a reason to attack certain sectors of society, unions included. Currently, CPS is experiencing a huge budget deficit of $500 million. Rauner is willing to give CPS the $500 million, but he has conditions. His conditions mainly involve stopping the practice of the school district paying into teachers' pensions. Currently, school districts do this as part of the collective bargaining rights of teachers and it has been a long held and widespread practice. CPS desperately needs the $500 million for pensions, and Governor Rauner sees an excellent opportunity to weaken collective bargaining efforts for the unions.   

Here's the link to the original Rauner Report: http://www.ieanea.org/2015/08/11/rauner-hopes-to-leverage-state-aid-to-eliminate-union-rights/