We Are One - Action Steps

This is a critical moment in the fight to protect public employee pensions.

State legislators will be back in Springfield tomorrow for Veto Session, and once again retirement security for teachers, police, caregivers and other public servants is at risk.

With so much on the line, the time to act is now! Here’s what you can do:

1) Email your legislators
Use this easy tool to be connected directly to your lawmakers in Springfield. Tell them to OPPOSE any bill that threatens retirement security. Remind them that public employees have earned their pension, contributing to it from each and every paycheck, and most don't get Social Security.

2) Call your legislators
Click here or dial 888-412-6570 and follow the prompts. You will be connected with your state legislators. Tell them to do the right thing: protect the modest pensions that Illinois public employees rely on.

3) Join us in Springfield
Stand with We Are One Illinois and working men and women from across the state at the Capitol in Springfield this Wednesday, October 26 at noon. We’ll be rallying in the rotunda to tell lawmakers that it’s wrong to punish our teachers, fire fighters, police officers and all other public employees for the mistakes of politicians, who’ve shortchanged our pensions year after year.

On behalf of the more than 1 million working men and women of the We Are One Illinois Coalition, thank you for your continued support!

Sincerely,
The We Are One Illinois Coalition