Posts tagged teacher representation

    Op-ed / Commentary Research

    Illinois Federation of Teachers educators aren’t getting what they’re paying for

    August 5, 2026 // Less than 28% of IFT’s spending in 2025 was on representing teachers, according to the union’s annual report filed with the U.S. Labor Department. The rest was on politics, overhead and other union leadership priorities.

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    Op-ed / Commentary Research ● Labor Unions

    Illinois Federation of Teachers: 7 things the union doesn’t want teachers to know

    August 4, 2026 // IFT represents educators in more than 200 districts across Illinois. But teachers’ zip codes dictate how much support they actually get from the union.

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