What Are They Hiding? Chicago Teachers Union Put on Notice After Failing to Complete Financial Audits for Half a Decade
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has been put on notice after failing to complete financial audits to show how union members’ money has been spent over the past five years.
The House Education and Workforce Committee sent a letter to CTU President Stacy Davis Gates, noting the union has failed to provide members with complete financial audits since 2020, in violation of their own policy.
The letter shares, “The Committee is concerned that CTU has undertaken a half-decade long, concerted effort to deny its members the complete audit information to which they are entitled under the union’s by-laws…”
“By withholding complete financial audits from its members, CTU has failed to uphold the spirit of union transparency or comply with its own by-laws.”
“As such, the Committee is investigating this matter to better determine whether the [Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959] should be amended to strengthen its requirements so that union members have access to more robust and timely financial information.”
“Every dollar paid by workers should serve their interests, not those of a select few operating in the shadows.”
Under the leadership of President Stacy Davis Gates and Vice President Jackson Potter, the CTU has become the largest political spender in Chicago.
“A full annual audit requires the financial secretary to furnish an audited report published in the union’s newsletter and the Board of Trustees to obtain an annual audit and make it available for members for inspection,” according to Fox News.
The union has until December 8 to disclose the audit.
Furthermore, the committee suggested that CTU’s conduct may justify strengthening federal reporting requirements, so members gain access to more timely, detailed financial information.
The letter further stated that, in light of CTU’s “failures” to provide full financial audits since 2019, the committee is examining whether reforms to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) are needed to “protect union members’ rights.”
You can read the full letter here.
Illinois Policy Institute noted that teachers are not the main priority of the Chicago Teachers Union and its own spending practices prove it.
Just 17.7% of its spending in fiscal year 2025 was on “representational activities,” according to a report it filed in September with the U.S. Department of Labor.
Matt Paprocki, President & CEO of Illinois Policy Institute, notes, “This is a game-changer for a union that has acted with impunity and in violation of its own rules. The call for accountability that began with us has now gained real teeth.”
“Not only is the federal government demanding copies of the missing audits, they’re also citing CTU’s consistent misbehavior as a justification for broader reforms that will bring more transparency to union spending across the country.”
Watch:
A Congressional Committee is now demanding the Chicago Teachers Union provide their required financial audits.
The union has failed to provide any of them since 2020.
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— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) November 22, 2025
In 2024, the union demanded an additional $50 billion, which included a 9% wage hike, fully paid abortions for its members, new migrant services and facilities, and a myriad of LGBT-related requirements.
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