Judge Allows Member Lawsuit Against Chicago Teachers Union to Continue – Illinois Policy

Judge allows member lawsuit against Chicago Teachers Union to continue – Illinois Policy

In Weiss v. Chicago Teachers Union, several CTU members are challenging the union’s failure to provide its members with mandated financial audits. The union is required by its own internal rules to provide an audit of its finances every year, but five years have passed since members last saw how union bosses were spending their dues.

Lawsuit against Chicago Teachers Union proceeds, as observers seek ‘full picture’ of group’s ‘radical, political spending’

(The Lion) — A judge has allowed a lawsuit against the Chicago Teachers Union to move forward, as the union’s own members have been suing to demand financial transparency. The lawsuit stems from the union’s refusal to release its audits for five years, despite its bylaws requiring it to “furnish an audited report” every year. The CTU sought to have the lawsuit dismissed in court rather than releasing the audits, but a circuit court judge denied …