“Has your brand become toxic?”
This was a pointed question from WGN Political Editor Tahman Bradley, posed to Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates in a recent interview.
Her immediate response: “I don’t understand the question.”
When pressed, Gates added, “The Chicago Teachers Union is not a political party, it is a labor union.”
But internal union documents show CTU leadership is trying to skim $8.5 million more from teacher paychecks explicitly for politics, while trying to silence union members critical of Gates’ leadership.
Under the proposed dues hike, Chicago teachers would see up to $800 more per year flow from their paychecks to
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