Posts tagged IRS Form 990
CTDOL Finally Enforces the Union Transparency Law It Tried to Kill
May 24, 2026 // Frank Ricci, Yankee Institute’s labor fellow, argued that CTDOL’s reversal came only after outside pressure and legislative scrutiny. “Laws are worthless if the powerful can simply ignore them,” he said. “This statute exists to deter the misuse of funds and stamp out corruption — yet it was treated as optional by those sworn to uphold it.” That is the real story here. Connecticut’s public-sector unions enjoy enormous privileges under state law. Government employers collect dues on their behalf. Union contracts shape public budgets. Union leaders exercise political influence at the Capitol. At minimum, members should be able to see how their own money is being used. Transparency is not anti-union. It is pro-worker. Honest union leaders should have no fear of showing members the books. Members who pay dues should not have to hire lawyers, contact legislators, or embarrass a state agency into action simply to obtain records the law already guarantees.
Arkansas teachers union’s dues revenue drops 36 percent in one year
October 21, 2025 // A new Freedom Foundation analysis of tax returns filed by the Arkansas Education Association (AEA), the state teachers union and an affiliate of the Washington, D.C.-based National Education Association (NEA), shows a modest decline in AEA’s revenue from membership dues following the collective bargaining ban, but reveals a staggering 36 percent decline in union dues collection in the first full year following passage of SB 473. As a baseline, the AEA’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990 tax return for the tax year ending August 31, 2020, reported nearly $2.4 million in revenue from membership dues.