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Unions may win hollow victory with pension suit

Posted on December 18, 2014

Chicago Sun-Times

This editorial discusses a lawsuit filed Tuesday against changes to the City of Chicago’s Municipal and Labor pension funds that are scheduled to go into effect January 1. It cites the Civic Federation’s most recent Status of Local Pension Funding analysis, which found that without reforms the Municipal Employees Pension Fund could be insolvent within 15 years.