Chicago Teachers Union: An Example in Corruption
If you want a textbook example of teachers union corruption, look no further than the gold standard for scandal and failure: the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). In 2023, there were…
Chicago Teachers Union
InfluenceWatch Podcast #313: America’s Worst Teachers Union?
It might be America’s worst teachers’ union—and knowing American teachers’ unions, that’s saying something. Since its takeover by a radical-left-wing, militant caucus in 2010, the Chicago Teachers Union has pushed…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #200: Teachers Strike Chicago
Right after a period in which teachers union officials, most prominently American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, conducted a preposterous public relations campaign to make themselves the supposed driving…
How Government Worker Unions Manipulate Municipal Elections
Liberal special interests have effective control of many municipal governments and government arms. The most notable case is school boards. Teachers unions are playing an organization game that rewards professional…
It’s Time to Get Mad
When schools across the nation closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, few would have predicted that large swathes of the United States, almost alone among nations in…
Labor Notes, July 2016: Continued problems at the VA and Unions’ grip on public education
“Labor Notes” is part of Labor Watch. For the full PDF, click here. The Department of Veterans Affairs continues to deny services to veterans while it pays hundreds of…