BREAKING: The House Committee on Education and Workforce is demanding that the Chicago Teachers Union release its audits, which it has refused to provide to members for the last five years running.
“The Committee is concerned that CTU has undertaken a half-decade long, concerted effort to deny its members the complete audit information to which they are entitled under the union’s by-laws…”
“By withholding complete financial audits from its members, CTU has failed to uphold the spirit of union transparency or comply with its own by-laws. As such, the Committee is investigating this matter to better determine whether the [Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959] should be amended to strengthen its requirements so that union members have access to more robust and timely financial information. Every dollar paid by workers should serve their interests, not those of a select few operating in the shadows.”
Under the leadership of President Stacy Davis Gates and Vice President Jackson Potter, the CTU has become the largest political spender in Chicago
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Below is a statement from Liberty Justice Center, which represents CTU members suing for the release of the Audit Reports.
“Thirteen months ago, the Liberty Justice Center, on behalf of several Chicago Teachers Union dues-paying members, filed a lawsuit seeking CTU’s financial audits for the last five years, which its Constitution and Bylaws require be made available to members.