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The Chicago Teachers Union has been accused of a number of financial improprieties even while negotiating its new contract, including skipping out on financial audits and awarding multimillion-dollar contracts to the relative of a top union officer.its next contract and is demanding a $50 billion package that includes free abortion services, cash to migrants, LGBTQ concessions, and a big hike in pay that would make Chicago’s teachers some of the highest paid in the country.
The analysis shows that the CTU has steered two huge lawsuits to Robin Potter worth upwards of $9.25 million, out of which her law firm received $4 million in fees. Between 2018 and 2023, Potter’s law firm also got $320,000 in business as well as a payout of $33,000 in undisclosed expenses.to conform to its own financial reporting rules, which require it to provide an annual internal audit of its spending to its members. It appears that the last time the union provided this audit was in 2019.
But despite the billions being spent every year on the Chicago Public Schools, students do not seem to be benefitting much from the bloated budgets.in 2023 that Chicago’s high school graduation rate lagged far behind the rest of the state, as fewer students graduated, test scores were lower, and fewer went on to attend college.
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