The Chicago Teachers Union has suffered another very public blow, this time at the hands of its own members.
CTU officials looking for extra money for politics had asked union members to approve a plan that was projected to yield about $8.5 million in new dues money for the CTU. Union leadership wrote that “with about 80 percent of schools counted, “roughly 60% of members voted against moving forward with this proposal,” according to a memo obtained by Politico.
The irony is that the proposal would’ve restructured dues into a progressive model in which higher-earning teachers pay more. The plan would’ve
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