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Chicago Teachers Union drops $236K on 2026 school board race
As of Sept. 1, the CTU had spent almost $236,000 on eight candidates running for Chicago Public Schools’ first fully elected school board. The Chicago Teachers Union has spent almost $236,000 on eight candidates it has endorsed for the…
Court Victory Vindicates Union Members and Exposes…
For years, Connecticut union members were denied a basic right guaranteed under state law: the…
SEIU Healthcare spending prioritizes executive pay,…
While its members make modest wages, dozens of the union’s staffers are paid $100,000 or…
A Record Jobs Number Hides a Weaker Labor Market
Connecticut employers added 2,800 jobs in July, pushing the state’s payroll count to a record 1.73…
Lamont Touts Minimum Wage Hike Days Before Democratic…
Connecticut’s minimum wage will rise to $17.48 an hour next year, following an announcement the…
The scandal-plagued leadership of a teachers union president
Stacy Davis Gates’ tenure as president of the Chicago Teachers Union and Illinois Federation of Teachers has been riddled with scandals. Now, fewer than 1-in-3 Chicagoans have a favorable opinion of the union. Stacy Davis Gates’…
Illinois Federation of Teachers educators aren’t…
The majority of IFT’s spending is not on representing teachers, according to its own reports.…
Teachers can stop paying union dues and keep their…
Educators can join thousands of their colleagues and opt out of union membership — and retain…
The Illinois Federation of Teachers spends millions on…
The union embraces political spending tactics the Chicago Teachers Union uses in an effort to…
7 things the union doesn’t want teachers to know
IFT represents educators in more than 200 districts across Illinois. But teachers’ zip codes…
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